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Numeric, String, Boolean comparisons with literal NULL #2482

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@WinkerDu

Is your feature request related to a problem or challenge? Please describe what you are trying to do.
As discuss in #1179 , there is bug when Numeric, String, Boolean comparisons work with literal NULL

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> select * from (VALUES (1, 'foo' ,2.3), (2, 'bar', 5.4)) as t;
+---------+---------+---------+
| column1 | column2 | column3 |
+---------+---------+---------+
| 1       | foo     | 2.3     |
| 2       | bar     | 5.4     |
+---------+---------+---------+
2 rows in set. Query took 0.004 seconds.
> select column1 < null from (VALUES (1, 'foo' ,2.3), (2, 'bar', 5.4)) as t;
Plan("'Int64 < Utf8' can't be evaluated because there isn't a common type to coerce the types to")
> select column2 < null from (VALUES (1, 'foo' ,2.3), (2, 'bar', 5.4)) as t;
ArrowError(ExternalError(Internal("compute_utf8_op_scalar for 'lt' failed to cast literal value NULL")))
> select column3 < null from (VALUES (1, 'foo' ,2.3), (2, 'bar', 5.4)) as t;
Plan("'Float64 < Utf8' can't be evaluated because there isn't a common type to coerce the types to")

Describe the solution you'd like

  • Introduces null_coercion to comparison_eq_coercion and comparison_order_coercion
  • Enhances binary expression macros to support NULL scalar value comparing with array, like binary_array_op_dyn_scalar

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