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@timsaucer timsaucer commented Mar 31, 2026

Which issue does this PR close?

Closes #1455
Closes #1456

Rationale for this change

These features exist in the upstream repository but have not been exposed in Python.

What changes are included in this PR?

Exposes functions to python
Adds unit tests

Are there any user-facing changes?

Addition only

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Pull request overview

This PR extends the Python DataFrame API to expose additional upstream DataFusion DataFrame functionality (set operations, explain formatting, window expressions, sort convenience, and configurable unnesting) and adds corresponding unit tests.

Changes:

  • Added ExplainFormat and extended DataFrame.explain() to support configurable output formats.
  • Exposed additional DataFrame operations to Python: window, sort_by, distinct_on, except_distinct, intersect_distinct, union_by_name, and union_by_name_distinct.
  • Extended unnest_column(s) to accept optional recursions and added tests for the new APIs.

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File Description
python/tests/test_dataframe.py Adds unit tests covering newly exposed DataFrame methods and explain formatting.
python/datafusion/dataframe.py Adds ExplainFormat and new/extended DataFrame methods (window, set ops, distinct_on, sort_by, unnest recursion options).
python/datafusion/__init__.py Re-exports ExplainFormat from the top-level package API.
crates/core/src/dataframe.rs Adds/extends PyO3 bindings for the new DataFrame methods and explain formatting + unnest recursion options.

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timsaucer and others added 6 commits April 3, 2026 16:25
Expose upstream DataFusion DataFrame methods that were not yet
available in the Python API. Closes apache#1455.

Set operations:
- except_distinct: set difference with deduplication
- intersect_distinct: set intersection with deduplication
- union_by_name: union matching columns by name instead of position
- union_by_name_distinct: union by name with deduplication

Query:
- distinct_on: deduplicate rows based on specific columns
- sort_by: sort by expressions with ascending order and nulls last

Note: show_limit is already covered by the existing show(num) method.
explain_with_options and with_param_values are deferred as they require
exposing additional types (ExplainOption, ParamValues).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Extend the existing explain() method with an optional format parameter
instead of adding a separate explain_with_options() method. This keeps
the API simple while exposing all upstream ExplainOption functionality.

Available formats: indent (default), tree, pgjson, graphviz.

The ExplainFormat enum is exported from the top-level datafusion module.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Expose remaining DataFrame methods from upstream DataFusion.
Closes apache#1456.

- window(*exprs): apply window function expressions and append results
  as new columns
- unnest_column/unnest_columns: add optional recursions parameter for
  controlling unnest depth via (input_column, output_column, depth)
  tuples

Note: drop_columns is already exposed as the existing drop() method.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Clarify except_distinct/intersect_distinct docstrings, add deterministic
sort to test_window, add sort_by ascending verification test, and add
smoke tests for PGJSON and GRAPHVIZ explain formats.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Combine set operation tests (except_distinct, intersect_distinct,
union_by_name, union_by_name_distinct) into a single parametrized
test_set_operations_distinct. Merge sort_by tests and convert
explain format tests to parametrized form.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
@timsaucer timsaucer force-pushed the feat/missing-dataframe-ops branch from 3ab9a6c to bb18bf9 Compare April 3, 2026 20:51
Add >>> style usage examples for window, explain, except_distinct,
intersect_distinct, union_by_name, union_by_name_distinct, distinct_on,
sort_by, and unnest_columns to match existing docstring conventions.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Add missing DataFrame methods (window, unnest_columns_with_options, drop_columns) Add missing DataFrame methods (set operations and query)

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