+1 (non-binding)

I can upload a PR for the corresponding C# change within the next day.

On Wed, Sep 4, 2024 at 2:21 PM Matt Topol <zotthewiz...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Based on various discussions among the ecosystem and to continue expanding
> the zero-copy interoperability for Arrow to be used with different
> libraries and databases (such as libcudf, ClickHouse, etc) I would like to
> propose that we extend the allowable bit-widths for Arrow Decimal types to
> allow 32-bit and 64-bit decimals.
>
> The Arrow Spec currently defines the Decimal type as a parameterized type,
> parameterized by the bit-width, and then just specifies that the only
> allowed bitwidths are 128 and 256. Thus, rather than adding an entirely new
> type we could simply expand what is allowed for the bitwidth field which
> makes the format side of this a very small change.
>
> I've uploaded a PR for adding support for this to C++ [1] and will be
> uploading a PR for a corresponding Go change within the next day and will
> respond to this thread with the link.
>
> The vote will be open for at least 72 hours.
>
> [ ] +1 - Update the Arrow Spec to allow for 32-bit and 64-bit bitwidths for
> Arrow Decimal types
> [ ] +0
> [ ] -1 - Do not update the Arrow Spec to allow for 32-bit and 64-bit
> bitwidths for Arrow Decimal types because....
>
> Thanks everyone!
>
> --Matt
>
> [1]: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/43957
>

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