Alternative merge algorithm without the builder

src/akimbo/io.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import awkward as ak
 import fsspec
+import numpy as np
 
 
 def ak_to_series(ds, backend="pandas", extract=True):
@@ -159,31 +160,6 @@ def get_avro_schema(
  return form
 
 
-def _merge(ind1, ind2, builder):
- """numba jittable left join/merge index finder"""
- len2 = len(ind2)
- j = 0
- for i in ind1:
- builder.begin_list()
- while True:
- if j >= len2:
- break
- if i > ind2[j]:
- # ID not yet found
- j += 1
- continue
- if i < ind2[j]:
- # no more entrie
- break
- # hit
- while True:
- builder.append(j)
- j += 1
- if j >= len2 or i != ind2[j]:
- break
- builder.end_list()
-
-
 _jitted = [None]
 
 
@@ -223,10 +199,44 @@ def join(
  merge = _jitted[0]
  else:
  merge = _merge
- builder = ak.ArrayBuilder()
- merge(table1[key], table2[key], builder)
- merge_index = builder.snapshot()
- indexed = table2[ak.flatten(merge_index)]
- counts = ak.num(merge_index)
+
+ counts = np.empty(len(table1), dtype="uint64")
+ # TODO: the line below over-allocates, can swithch to somehing growable
+ matches = np.empty(len(table2), dtype="uint64")
+ # TODO: to_numpy(allow_missong) makes this a bit faster, but is not
+ # not GPU general
+ counts, matches, ind = merge(table1[key], table2[key], counts, matches)
+ matches.resize(int(ind), refcheck=False)
+ indexed = table2[matches]
  listy = ak.unflatten(indexed, counts)
  return ak.with_field(table1, listy, colname)
+
+
+def _merge(ind1, ind2, counts, matches):
+ len2 = len(ind2)
+ j = 0
+ offind = 0
+ matchind = 0
+ last = 0
+ for i in ind1:
+ while True:
+ if j >= len2:
+ break
+ if i > ind2[j]:
+ # ID not yet found
+ j += 1
+ continue
+ if i < ind2[j]:
+ # no more entrie
+ break
+ # hit
+ while True:
+ matches[matchind] = j
+ j += 1
+ matchind += 1
+ if j >= len2 or i != ind2[j]:
+ break
+ counts[offind] = matchind - last
+ last = matchind
+ offind += 1
+ return counts, matches, matchind

src/akimbo/mixin.py

@@ -238,7 +238,9 @@ def to_arrow(cls, data):
  @property
  def array(self) -> ak.Array:
  """Data as an awkward array"""
- return ak.with_name(ak.from_arrow(self.arrow), self._behavior)
+ if self._behavior:
+ return ak.with_name(ak.from_arrow(self.arrow), self._behavior)
+ return ak.from_arrow(self.arrow)
 
  @classmethod
  def register_accessor(cls, name, klass):