go/arrow/scalar/compare.go

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package scalar

import "github.com/apache/arrow/go/v6/arrow"

//TODO(zeroshade): approxequals
// tracked in https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-13980

// Equals returns true if two scalars are equal, which means they have the same
// datatype, validity and value.
func Equals(left, right Scalar) bool {
	if left == right {
		return true
	}

	if !arrow.TypeEqual(left.DataType(), right.DataType()) {
		return false
	}

	if left.IsValid() != right.IsValid() {
		return false
	}

	if !left.IsValid() {
		return true
	}

	return left.equals(right)
}