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GH-46642: [Format] Add footnote clarifying REE layout has O(log n) random access (#46643)
### Rationale for this change Resolves #46642. ### What changes are included in this PR? - Updated columnar format doc ### Are these changes tested? Yes, rendered locally. ### Are there any user-facing changes? No. * GitHub Issue: #46642 Authored-by: Bryce Mecum <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Bryce Mecum <[email protected]>
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The columnar format has some key features:
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* Data adjacency for sequential access (scans)
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* O(1) (constant-time) random access
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* O(1) (constant-time) random access [#f1]_
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* SIMD and vectorization-friendly
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* Relocatable without "pointer swizzling", allowing for true zero-copy
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coordinating mutation of data structures are left to be handled by
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.. [#f1] Except for the :ref:`run-end-encoded-layout` where random access is
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O(log n).
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Terminology
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