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Preserve field metadata across expressions in logical plans #6920

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Which issue does this PR close?

Closes #6886.

Rationale for this change

This change improves support for extension types by allowing access to field metadata at the logical planning stage.

What changes are included in this PR?

  • Added ExprSchemable::metadata method.
    • Forwards metadata for column and alias expressions
    • All other expressions return empty metadata
  • Updated ExprSchemable::to_field to populate field metadata.
  • Added metadata utility methods metadata and with_metadata to DFField to match Field methods in arrow-rs.

Are these changes tested?

Yes

Are there any user-facing changes?

No

Dexter Duckworth added 3 commits July 11, 2023 10:31
- Column and Alias exprs now forward field metadata.
- All other expressions return empty metadata.
@github-actions github-actions bot added the logical-expr Logical plan and expressions label Jul 11, 2023
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Thank you @dexterduck

The whole way the DFField is implemented is somewhat sad (but has nothing to do with you).

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alamb commented Jul 12, 2023

FYI @mustafasrepo -- related to #6839 -- this is another example where if DFField was some sort of wrapper around an arrow field it would likely be easier to use as well as faster

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