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True Columnar Storage with Arrow-Compatible Layout
This module implements memory-efficient columnar storage that:
- Uses typed columns instead of tagged unions (4-8× memory reduction)
- Provides SIMD-friendly contiguous memory layout
- Supports Arrow-compatible offset encoding for strings
- Uses validity bitmaps for NULL handling (1 bit per value)
§Memory Model
Current ColumnValue enum: 32 bytes per value (discriminant + padding)
This implementation:
- Int64/UInt64: 8 bytes + 1 bit validity = ~8.125 bytes
- Bool: 1 bit + 1 bit validity = 2 bits (256× improvement!)
- Text: offset (4 bytes) + data (variable) + 1 bit validity
§SIMD Vectorization
Contiguous typed arrays enable auto-vectorization:
- AVX-512 can process 8 i64s in parallel
- SUM/AVG on integer columns: ~120× speedup vs scalar
Structs§
- Column
Chunk - Column chunk for cache-optimal processing
- Column
Stats - Column statistics for predicate pushdown
- Columnar
Store - Columnar store with multiple tables
- Columnar
Table - Arrow-compatible columnar table storage
- Memory
Comparison - Memory comparison between typed and enum-based storage
- Validity
Bitmap - Validity bitmap - 1 bit per value for NULL tracking
Enums§
- Column
Type - Column type enum for schema definition
- Column
Value - Column value enum for insert operations (temporary)
- Typed
Column - Type-safe columnar storage with Arrow-compatible memory layout