[ARROW-12166] [C++][Gandiva] Implements CONVERT_TO(value, type) function

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Trivial
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 5.0.0
• Component/s: C++ - Gandiva
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/27987
• Assignee: Anthony Louis Gotlib Ferreira
• Reporter: Anthony Louis Gotlib Ferreira
• Created: 31/Mar/21 11:21
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 08:24
• Resolved: 20/May/21 05:01

Description

Implements the CONVERT_TO function inside the Gandiva, which receives a value for a defined type and returns its bytes representation.

The behavior is based on Apache Drill implementation: https://drill.apache.org/docs/data-type-conversion/#convert_to-and-convert_from

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #9861