joroKr21 commented on code in PR #12922:
URL: https://github.com/apache/datafusion/pull/12922#discussion_r1801484804


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datafusion/functions/src/macros.rs:
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@@ -226,9 +226,8 @@ macro_rules! make_math_unary_udf {
                     $EVALUATE_BOUNDS(inputs)
                 }
 
-                fn invoke(&self, args: &[ColumnarValue]) -> 
Result<ColumnarValue> {
-                    let args = ColumnarValue::values_to_arrays(args)?;
-
+                fn invoke(&self, col_args: &[ColumnarValue]) -> 
Result<ColumnarValue> {

Review Comment:
   Well simply the issue is that I don't know how what is the batch size 
expected to return from this function. Usually it's inferred by any of the 
argument's length. But if all arguments are scalar values, then I can return a 
scalar value and all is well. This works for immutable functions but not for 
volatile ones. See e.g.
   
   ```rust
   impl ScalarUDFImpl for RandomFunc {
       fn as_any(&self) -> &dyn Any {
           self
       }
   
       fn name(&self) -> &str {
           "random"
       }
   
       fn signature(&self) -> &Signature {
           &self.signature
       }
   
       fn return_type(&self, _arg_types: &[DataType]) -> Result<DataType> {
           Ok(Float64)
       }
   
       fn invoke(&self, _args: &[ColumnarValue]) -> Result<ColumnarValue> {
           not_impl_err!("{} function does not accept arguments", self.name())
       }
   
       fn invoke_no_args(&self, num_rows: usize) -> Result<ColumnarValue> {
           let mut rng = thread_rng();
           let values = std::iter::repeat_with(|| 
rng.gen_range(0.0..1.0)).take(num_rows);
           let array = Float64Array::from_iter_values(values);
           Ok(ColumnarValue::Array(Arc::new(array)))
       }
   }
   ```
   
   What if I wanted to implement `RandomFunc` with an upper bound? I can't use 
`invoke_no_args` because I have one argument and I can't use `invoke` because 
it doesn't tell me how many rows I should produce.



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