apache/spark — pull request #2983 by mateiz (2014-10-28 23:05:26+00:00)
Title: [SPARK-3930] [SPARK-3933] [WIP] Support fixed-precision decimal in SQL, and some optimizations

- Adds optional precision and scale to Spark SQL's decimal type, which behave similarly to those in Hive 13 (https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/download/attachments/27362075/Hive_Decimal_Precision_Scale_Support.pdf)
- Replaces our internal representation of decimals with a Decimal class that can store small values in a mutable Long, saving memory in this situation and letting some operations happen directly on Longs

This is still marked WIP because there are a few TODOs, but I'll remove that tag when done.