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diff --git a/parquet-generator/Pipfile b/parquet-generator/Pipfile
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+++ b/parquet-generator/Pipfile
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+[[source]]
+
+verify_ssl = true
+url = "https://pypi.python.org/simple"
+name = "pypi"
+
+
+[requires]
+
+python_version = "3.5"
+
+
+[packages]
+
+pyarrow = "*"
+pylint = "*"
+
+
+[dev-packages]
+
diff --git a/parquet-generator/Pipfile.lock b/parquet-generator/Pipfile.lock
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+++ b/parquet-generator/Pipfile.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+{
+    "_meta": {
+        "hash": {
+            "sha256": "52f669bf06acbda24a4b6aaf000c3eed6946174e833baeffc85802cc63bbe342"
+        },
+        "host-environment-markers": {
+            "implementation_name": "cpython",
+            "implementation_version": "3.5.2",
+            "os_name": "posix",
+            "platform_machine": "x86_64",
+            "platform_python_implementation": "CPython",
+            "platform_release": "4.9.3-040903-generic",
+            "platform_system": "Linux",
+            "platform_version": "#201701120631 SMP Thu Jan 12 11:33:59 UTC 2017",
+            "python_full_version": "3.5.2",
+            "python_version": "3.5",
+            "sys_platform": "linux"
+        },
+        "pipfile-spec": 6,
+        "requires": {
+            "python_version": "3.5"
+        },
+        "sources": [
+            {
+                "name": "pypi",
+                "url": "https://pypi.python.org/simple",
+                "verify_ssl": true
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    "default": {
+        "astroid": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:db5cfc9af6e0b60cd07c19478fb54021fc20d2d189882fbcbc94fc69a8aecc58",
+                "sha256:f0a0e386dbca9f93ea9f3ea6f32b37a24720502b7baa9cb17c3976a680d43a06"
+            ],
+            "version": "==1.6.1"
+        },
+        "isort": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:ec9ef8f4a9bc6f71eec99e1806bfa2de401650d996c59330782b89a5555c1497",
+                "sha256:1153601da39a25b14ddc54955dbbacbb6b2d19135386699e2ad58517953b34af",
+                "sha256:b9c40e9750f3d77e6e4d441d8b0266cf555e7cdabdcff33c4fd06366ca761ef8"
+            ],
+            "version": "==4.3.4"
+        },
+        "lazy-object-proxy": {
+            "hashes": [
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+                "sha256:6ae6c4cb59f199d8827c5a07546b2ab7e85d262acaccaacd49b62f53f7c456f7",
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+                "sha256:e81ebf6c5ee9684be8f2c87563880f93eedd56dd2b6146d8a725b50b7e5adb0f",
+                "sha256:81304b7d8e9c824d058087dcb89144842c8e0dea6d281c031f59f0acf66963d4",
+                "sha256:ddc34786490a6e4ec0a855d401034cbd1242ef186c20d79d2166d6a4bd449577",
+                "sha256:7bd527f36a605c914efca5d3d014170b2cb184723e423d26b1fb2fd9108e264d",
+                "sha256:ab3ca49afcb47058393b0122428358d2fbe0408cf99f1b58b295cfeb4ed39109",
+                "sha256:7cb54db3535c8686ea12e9535eb087d32421184eacc6939ef15ef50f83a5e7e2",
+                "sha256:0ce34342b419bd8f018e6666bfef729aec3edf62345a53b537a4dcc115746a33",
+                "sha256:e34b155e36fa9da7e1b7c738ed7767fc9491a62ec6af70fe9da4a057759edc2d",
+                "sha256:50e3b9a464d5d08cc5227413db0d1c4707b6172e4d4d915c1c70e4de0bbff1f5",
+                "sha256:27bf62cb2b1a2068d443ff7097ee33393f8483b570b475db8ebf7e1cba64f088",
+                "sha256:eb91be369f945f10d3a49f5f9be8b3d0b93a4c2be8f8a5b83b0571b8123e0a7a"
+            ],
+            "version": "==1.3.1"
+        },
+        "mccabe": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:ab8a6258860da4b6677da4bd2fe5dc2c659cff31b3ee4f7f5d64e79735b80d42",
+                "sha256:dd8d182285a0fe56bace7f45b5e7d1a6ebcbf524e8f3bd87eb0f125271b8831f"
+            ],
+            "version": "==0.6.1"
+        },
+        "numpy": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:e2335d56d2fd9fc4e3a3f2d3148aafec4962682375f429f05c45a64dacf19436",
+                "sha256:9b762e78739b6e021124adbea07611682db99cd3fca7f3c3a8b98b8f74ea5699",
+                "sha256:7d4c549e41507db4f04ec7cfab5597de8acf7871b16c9cf64cebcb9d39031ca6",
+                "sha256:b803306c4c201e7dcda0ce1b9a9c87f61a7c7ce43de2c60c8e56147b76849a1a",
+                "sha256:2da8dff91d489fea3e20155d41f4cd680de7d01d9a89fdd0ebb1bee6e72d3800",
+                "sha256:6b8c2daacbbffc83b4a2ba83a61aa3ce60c66340b07b962bd27b6c6bb175bee1",
+                "sha256:89b9419019c47ec87cf4cfca77d85da4611cc0be636ec87b5290346490b98450",
+                "sha256:49880b47d7272f902946dd995f346842c95fe275e2deb3082ef0495f0c718a69",
+                "sha256:3d7ddd5bdfb12ec9668edf1aa49a4a3eddb0db4661b57ea431477eb9a2468894",
+                "sha256:788e1757f8e409cd805a7cd82993cd9252fa19e334758a4c6eb5a8b334abb084",
+                "sha256:377def0873bbb1fbdedb14b3275b10a29b1b55619a3f7f775c4e7f9ce2461b9c",
+                "sha256:9501c9ccd081977ca5579a3ec4009d6baff6bacb04bf07214aade3324734195a",
+                "sha256:a1f5173df8190ef9c6235d260d70ca70c6fb029683ceb66e244c5cc6e335947a",
+                "sha256:12cf4b27039b88e407ad66894d99a957ef60fea0eeb442026af325add2ab264d",
+                "sha256:4e2fc841c8c642f7fd44591ef856ca409cedba6aea27928df34004c533839eee",
+                "sha256:e5ade7a69dccbd99c4fdbb95b6d091d941e62ffa588b0ed8fb0a2854118fef3f",
+                "sha256:6b1011ffc87d7e2b1b7bcc6dc21bdf177163658746ef778dcd21bf0516b9126c",
+                "sha256:a8bc80f69570e11967763636db9b24c1e3e3689881d10ae793cec74cf7a627b6",
+                "sha256:81b9d8f6450e752bd82e7d9618fa053df8db1725747880e76fb09710b57f78d0",
+                "sha256:e8522cad377cc2ef20fe13aae742cc265172910c98e8a0d6014b1a8d564019e2",
+                "sha256:a3d5dd437112292c707e54f47141be2f1100221242f07eda7bd8477f3ddc2252",
+                "sha256:c8000a6cbc5140629be8c038c9c9cdb3a1c85ff90bd4180ec99f0f0c73050b5e",
+                "sha256:fa0944650d5d3fb95869eaacd8eedbd2d83610c85e271bd9d3495ffa9bc4dc9c"
+            ],
+            "version": "==1.14.1"
+        },
+        "pyarrow": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:e8cc9f6a545d08b888e7b6b4f21f65d9773ef74abfe3823e458a9bffc6889cdf",
+                "sha256:140c04ca9e2742df00435ac4856b109f05292fbb7e1f0b944976d0407be58997",
+                "sha256:5c72e2c6c3ac249bed6221d0ac6920571c00af24976627ca45ef91a59490eda8",
+                "sha256:3994e41cb98e6bfe3227bab76eee2c683c1a1877479154198f40a770fc71f776",
+                "sha256:6256e6c90478734b8f3e6976cd509614df617f3dd216144b3ea13d474c26220d",
+                "sha256:3a50f5d1f73bd11e3e14bf71ba24188f6604d39eb475b20a1fc34102df6a89e7",
+                "sha256:073d9d05f61361565112341cedc9e473b81b9f170a87b9ce3546d47378d2fa49",
+                "sha256:1faac9c21e57a7f92c9a5971f6414fdcf27f9288f0d3ccdf66751c0899e599a8",
+                "sha256:c423c577c92a9855d09be7604e79b16598d415e600a0960e8bfacfc816651ef6"
+            ],
+            "version": "==0.8.0"
+        },
+        "pylint": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:156839bedaa798febee72893beef00c650c2e7abafb5586fc7a6a56be7f80412",
+                "sha256:4fe3b99da7e789545327b75548cee6b511e4faa98afe268130fea1af4b5ec022"
+            ],
+            "version": "==1.8.2"
+        },
+        "six": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:832dc0e10feb1aa2c68dcc57dbb658f1c7e65b9b61af69048abc87a2db00a0eb",
+                "sha256:70e8a77beed4562e7f14fe23a786b54f6296e34344c23bc42f07b15018ff98e9"
+            ],
+            "version": "==1.11.0"
+        },
+        "wrapt": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:d4d560d479f2c21e1b5443bbd15fe7ec4b37fe7e53d335d3b9b0a7b1226fe3c6"
+            ],
+            "version": "==1.10.11"
+        }
+    },
+    "develop": {}
+}
diff --git a/parquet-generator/README.md b/parquet-generator/README.md
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+# parquet-generator
+
+Supporting tools to create Parquet files to validate
+the vtable module.
+
+Run:
+
+```
+pipenv shell
+```
+
+to get an environment with the necessary modules installed.
diff --git a/parquet-generator/parquets.py b/parquet-generator/parquets.py
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+++ b/parquet-generator/parquets.py
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+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+import re
+
+import pyarrow as pa
+import pyarrow.parquet as pq
+
+def make_100_rows():
+    '''Create 100 rows with unique values in each field, exercising all the main
+       physical types.'''
+    rows = []
+    for i in range(100):
+        ba_fixed = bytearray()
+        ba_fixed.append(i)
+        ba_variable = bytearray()
+        for j in range(i):
+            ba_variable.append(j)
+        row = []
+        # BOOLEAN, INT32, INT64, INT96, DOUBLE, BYTE_ARRAY, FLOAT
+        row.append(i % 2 == 0) # BOOLEAN
+        row.append(50 - i) # INT32/INT8
+        row.append(100 * (50 - i)) # INT32/INT16
+        row.append(1000 * 1000 * (50 - i)) # INT32/INT32
+        row.append(1000 * 1000 * 1000 * (50 - i)) # INT64/INT64
+        row.append(datetime(1985, 7, 20) + timedelta(days=i)) # INT96
+        row.append(100.0 / (i + 1)) # DOUBLE
+        row.append(str(i)) # BYTE_ARRAY/UTF8
+        row.append('{:03}'.format(i)), # BYTE_ARRAY/UTF8
+        row.append(bytes(ba_variable)), # BYTE_ARRAY
+        row.append(bytes(ba_fixed)) # FIXED_LENGTH_BYTE_ARRAY
+# pyarrow does not support float yet :(
+#        row.append(1.0 / (i + 1)) # FLOAT
+
+        rows.append(row)
+    return rows
+
+def get_100_rows_types():
+    '''The types for the columns in `make_100_rows`.'''
+    return [
+        pa.bool_(),
+        pa.int8(),
+        pa.int16(),
+        pa.int32(),
+        pa.int64(),
+        pa.timestamp('ns'),
+        pa.float64(),
+        pa.string(),
+        pa.string(),
+        pa.binary(-1),
+        pa.binary(1)
+#        pa.float32()
+    ]
+
+def write_parquet(file_name, rows, types, row_group_size):
+    '''Create two parquets with columns we support.'''
+    # pivot to be column major, create arrow structures
+    fields = []
+    for i in range(len(types)):
+        col = []
+        col.append([row[i] for row in rows])
+        fields.append(pa.chunked_array(col, type=types[i]))
+
+    def name_of(i):
+        name = '{}_{}'.format(types[i], i)
+        name = name.replace('timestamp[ns]', 'ts')
+        return name
+
+    cols = [pa.Column.from_array(name_of(i), fields[i]) for i in range(len(fields))]
+    table = pa.Table.from_arrays(cols)
+    print('Writing {}'.format(file_name))
+    pq.write_table(table,
+                   file_name,
+                   row_group_size=row_group_size,
+                   use_deprecated_int96_timestamps=True)
+
+def write_unsupported_parquets():
+    # Taken from https://arrow.apache.org/docs/python/api.html
+    unsupported = [
+        pa.decimal128(10),
+        pa.null(),
+        pa.uint8(),
+        pa.uint16(),
+        pa.uint32(),
+        pa.uint64(),
+        # pa.float16() <-- not supported by us, but also not by pyarrow
+        # TODO: list_, struct, dict
+    ]
+
+    for type in unsupported:
+        file_name = 'unsupported-{}.parquet'.format(type)
+        file_name = re.sub(r'[^0-9a-z.-]', '-', file_name)
+        file_name = re.sub(r'--*', '-', file_name)
+
+        write_parquet(file_name, [], [type], row_group_size=1)
+
+def main():
+    '''Entrypoint.'''
+    rows = make_100_rows()
+    types = get_100_rows_types()
+
+    write_parquet('100-rows-1.parquet', rows, types, row_group_size=100)
+    write_parquet('100-rows-10.parquet', rows, types, row_group_size=10)
+
+    for i in range(len(rows)):
+        for j in range(len(rows[i])):
+            if (i + j) % 2 == 0:
+                rows[i][j] = None
+    write_parquet('100-rows-nulls.parquet', rows, types,row_group_size=100)
+
+    write_unsupported_parquets()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
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