Make it possible to force a column type and intricate bugfix.

columnar/Cargo.toml

@@ -24,9 +24,5 @@ proptest = "1"
 more-asserts = "0.3.0"
 rand = "0.8.3"
 
-# temporary
-[workspace]
-members = []
-
 [features]
 unstable = []

columnar/Makefile

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+test:
+	echo "Run test only... No examples."
+	cargo test --tests --lib
+
+fmt:
+	cargo +nightly fmt --all

columnar/src/TODO.md

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Add alignment?
 Consider another codec to bridge the gap between few and 5k elements
 
 # Cleanup and rationalization
+remove the 6 bit limitation of columntype. use 4 + 4 bits instead.
 in benchmark, unify percent vs ratio, f32 vs f64.
 investigate if should have better errors? io::Error is overused at the moment.
 rename rank/select in unit tests

columnar/src/columnar/column_type.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use std::net::Ipv6Addr;
 
 use crate::value::NumericalType;
-use crate::InvalidData;
+use crate::{column, Column, DynamicColumn, InvalidData, StrColumn};
 
 /// The column type represents the column type and can fit on 6-bits.
 ///

columnar/src/value.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::InvalidData;
+use crate::{Column, ColumnType, InvalidData};
 
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Debug)]
 pub enum NumericalValue {