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Fix $not filters on dot-notation paths - #177
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matchFilter resolves a field like 'person.name' with resolve(), which splits
the path on '.'. The $not branch in src/filter.js then rebuilt a synthetic
record as { [field]: value }, using the whole dotted path as a literal object
key. On re-entry, resolve() split that key again and looked for
record.person.name inside { 'person.name': value }, found undefined, and
compared that against the target. So every $not condition on a nested field
evaluated to true and $not was a no-op on those columns.
Wrap the already-resolved value under a plain key instead, the same shape
matchesNull() uses a few lines below. Flat field names are unaffected since
they contain no '.'.
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Good catch thanks @MaxFreedomPollard ! Change looks good.
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Published hyparquet 1.30.1 to npm with this fix. Thanks! |
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$notis a no-op on any field addressed with dot notation.matchFilter(record, { 'person.name': { $not: { $eq: 'Ada' } } })returns true for every row, Ada included.matchFilterresolves a field path withresolve(), which splits it on.. The$notbranch (src/filter.js line 78 on master) then rebuilds a synthetic record as{ [field]: value }, using the whole dotted path as a literal object key. On re-entryresolve()splits that key again, looks forrecord.person.nameinside{ 'person.name': value }, getsundefined, and comparesundefinedagainst the target. The inner match is therefore always false and the negation always true. Flat field names never hit this because they contain no..The fix wraps the already-resolved value under a plain key,
{ value }and{ value: target }, which is the shapematchesNull()uses a few lines below in the same file. Nothing else moves:pathsNeededForFilterstill reports the dotted path, andcanSkipStatsstill ignores$not, so row-group and page pruning stay as conservative as before.Verification. On
test/files/hyparquet_struct.parquet,parquetQuery({ file, filter: { 'person.name': { $not: { $eq: 'Ada' } } } })returned all 4 rows before and returns the 3 non-Ada rows after. The newhandles $not with dot-notationcase in test/filter.test.js fails on master (expected true to be false) and passes with the change.npx vitest rungives 663 passed in 30 files,npm run lintandnpx tscare clean.