[jira] [Commented] (ARROW-2160) [C++/Python] Fix decimal precision inference

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ASF GitHub Bot commented on ARROW-2160:
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cpcloud commented on a change in pull request #1618: ARROW-2160: [C++/Python]  Fix decimal precision inference
URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/1618#discussion_r168868803
 
 

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 File path: cpp/src/arrow/python/helpers.cc
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 @@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ Status InferDecimalPrecisionAndScale(PyObject* python_decimal, int32_t* precisio
   DCHECK_NE(precision, NULLPTR);
   DCHECK_NE(scale, NULLPTR);
 
-  OwnedRef as_tuple(PyObject_CallMethod(python_decimal, "as_tuple", "()"));
+  // TODO(phillipc): Make sure we perform PyDecimal_Check(python_decimal) as a DCHECK
 
 Review comment:
   This requires ARROW-2160 to address.

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> [C++/Python]  Fix decimal precision inference
> ---------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: ARROW-2160
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-2160
>             Project: Apache Arrow
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: C++, Python
>    Affects Versions: 0.8.0
>            Reporter: Antony Mayi
>            Assignee: Phillip Cloud
>            Priority: Major
>              Labels: pull-request-available
>             Fix For: 0.9.0
>
>
> {code}
> import pyarrow as pa
> import pandas as pd
> import decimal
> df = pd.DataFrame({'a': [decimal.Decimal('0.1'), decimal.Decimal('0.01')]})
> pa.Table.from_pandas(df)
> {code}
> raises:
> {code}
> pyarrow.lib.ArrowInvalid: Decimal type with precision 2 does not fit into precision inferred from first array element: 1
> {code}
> Looks arrow is inferring the highest precision for given column based on the first cell and expecting the rest fits in. I understand this is by design but from the point of view of pandas-arrow compatibility this is quite painful as pandas is more flexible (as demonstrated).
> What this means is that user trying to pass pandas {{DataFrame}} with {{Decimal}} column(s) to arrow {{Table}} would always have to first:
> # Find the highest precision used in (each of) that column(s)
> # Adjust the first cell of (each of) that column(s) so that it explicitly uses the highest precision of that column(s)
> # Only then pass such {{DataFrame}} to {{Table.from_pandas()}}
> So given this unavoidable procedure (and assuming arrow needs to be strict about the highest precision for a column) - shouldn't some similar logic be part of the {{Table.from_pandas()}} directly to make this transparent?



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