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  1. Apache Arrow
  2. ARROW-786

[Format] In-memory format for 128-bit Decimals, handling of sign bit

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    • Improvement
    • Status: Resolved
    • Major
    • Resolution: Fixed
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    • 0.7.0
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      cc cpcloud

      We found in ARROW-655 that we needed to add an extra bit for signedness for decimals stored as 128-bit values to be able to use the Boost multiprecision libraries. This makes Decimal128 not fit completely neatly as a 16-byte fixed size binary value, and more of a struct<sign_bitmap: boolean, data: fixed_size_binary(16)>. What is the current formata in the Java implementation? We will need to document the memory layout for decimals that maximizes compatibility across languages and eventually implement integration tests for IPC.

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              cpcloud Phillip Cloud
              wesm Wes McKinney
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