Supporting PartialCmp in VectorColumn. (#1735)

* Supporting PartialCmp in VectorColumn.
* Apply suggestions from code review

Co-authored-by: PSeitz <PSeitz@users.noreply.github.com>

bitpacker/src/lib.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 mod bitpacker;
 mod blocked_bitpacker;
 
+use std::cmp::Ordering;
+
 pub use crate::bitpacker::{BitPacker, BitUnpacker};
 pub use crate::blocked_bitpacker::BlockedBitpacker;
 
@@ -37,44 +39,104 @@ pub fn compute_num_bits(n: u64) -> u8 {
     }
 }
 
+/// Computes the (min, max) of an iterator of `PartialOrd` values.
+///
+/// For values implementing `Ord` (in a way consistent to their `PartialOrd` impl),
+/// this function behaves as expected.
+///
+/// For values with partial ordering, the behavior is non-trivial and may
+/// depends on the order of the values.
+/// For floats however, it simply returns the same results as if NaN were
+/// skipped.
 pub fn minmax<I, T>(mut vals: I) -> Option<(T, T)>
 where
     I: Iterator<Item = T>,
-    T: Copy + Ord,
+    T: Copy + PartialOrd,
 {
-    if let Some(first_el) = vals.next() {
-        return Some(vals.fold((first_el, first_el), |(min_val, max_val), el| {
-            (min_val.min(el), max_val.max(el))
-        }));
+    let first_el = vals.find(|val| {
+        // We use this to make sure we skip all NaN values when
+        // working with a float type.
+        val.partial_cmp(val) == Some(Ordering::Equal)
+    })?;
+    let mut min_so_far: T = first_el;
+    let mut max_so_far: T = first_el;
+    for val in vals {
+        if val.partial_cmp(&min_so_far) == Some(Ordering::Less) {
+            min_so_far = val;
+        }
+        if val.partial_cmp(&max_so_far) == Some(Ordering::Greater) {
+            max_so_far = val;
+        }
     }
-    None
+    Some((min_so_far, max_so_far))
 }
 
-#[test]
-fn test_compute_num_bits() {
-    assert_eq!(compute_num_bits(1), 1u8);
-    assert_eq!(compute_num_bits(0), 0u8);
-    assert_eq!(compute_num_bits(2), 2u8);
-    assert_eq!(compute_num_bits(3), 2u8);
-    assert_eq!(compute_num_bits(4), 3u8);
-    assert_eq!(compute_num_bits(255), 8u8);
-    assert_eq!(compute_num_bits(256), 9u8);
-    assert_eq!(compute_num_bits(5_000_000_000), 33u8);
-}
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
 
-#[test]
-fn test_minmax_empty() {
-    let vals: Vec<u32> = vec![];
-    assert_eq!(minmax(vals.into_iter()), None);
-}
+    #[test]
+    fn test_compute_num_bits() {
+        assert_eq!(compute_num_bits(1), 1u8);
+        assert_eq!(compute_num_bits(0), 0u8);
+        assert_eq!(compute_num_bits(2), 2u8);
+        assert_eq!(compute_num_bits(3), 2u8);
+        assert_eq!(compute_num_bits(4), 3u8);
+        assert_eq!(compute_num_bits(255), 8u8);
+        assert_eq!(compute_num_bits(256), 9u8);
+        assert_eq!(compute_num_bits(5_000_000_000), 33u8);
+    }
 
-#[test]
-fn test_minmax_one() {
-    assert_eq!(minmax(vec![1].into_iter()), Some((1, 1)));
-}
+    #[test]
+    fn test_minmax_empty() {
+        let vals: Vec<u32> = vec![];
+        assert_eq!(minmax(vals.into_iter()), None);
+    }
 
-#[test]
-fn test_minmax_two() {
-    assert_eq!(minmax(vec![1, 2].into_iter()), Some((1, 2)));
-    assert_eq!(minmax(vec![2, 1].into_iter()), Some((1, 2)));
+    #[test]
+    fn test_minmax_one() {
+        assert_eq!(minmax(vec![1].into_iter()), Some((1, 1)));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_minmax_two() {
+        assert_eq!(minmax(vec![1, 2].into_iter()), Some((1, 2)));
+        assert_eq!(minmax(vec![2, 1].into_iter()), Some((1, 2)));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_minmax_nan() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            minmax(vec![f64::NAN, 1f64, 2f64].into_iter()),
+            Some((1f64, 2f64))
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            minmax(vec![2f64, f64::NAN, 1f64].into_iter()),
+            Some((1f64, 2f64))
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            minmax(vec![2f64, 1f64, f64::NAN].into_iter()),
+            Some((1f64, 2f64))
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_minmax_inf() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            minmax(vec![f64::INFINITY, 1f64, 2f64].into_iter()),
+            Some((1f64, f64::INFINITY))
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            minmax(vec![-f64::INFINITY, 1f64, 2f64].into_iter()),
+            Some((-f64::INFINITY, 2f64))
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            minmax(vec![2f64, f64::INFINITY, 1f64].into_iter()),
+            Some((1f64, f64::INFINITY))
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            minmax(vec![2f64, 1f64, -f64::INFINITY].into_iter()),
+            Some((-f64::INFINITY, 2f64))
+        );
+    }
 }

fastfield_codecs/src/column.rs

@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ impl<'a, T: Copy + PartialOrd + Send + Sync> Column<T> for VecColumn<'a, T> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a, T: Copy + Ord + Default, V> From<&'a V> for VecColumn<'a, T>
+impl<'a, T: Copy + PartialOrd + Default, V> From<&'a V> for VecColumn<'a, T>
 where V: AsRef<[T]> + ?Sized
 {
     fn from(values: &'a V) -> Self {