vinjai commented on code in PR #871:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/pull/871#discussion_r1667347220


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pyiceberg/utils/arrow_sorting.py:
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+# pylint:disable=redefined-outer-name
+from typing import List, Tuple
+
+import pyarrow as pa
+
+from pyiceberg.table.sorting import NullOrder, SortDirection, SortField
+
+
+class PyArrowSortOptions:
+    sort_direction: str
+    null_order: str
+
+    def __init__(self, sort_direction: str = "ascending", null_order: str = 
"at_end"):
+        if sort_direction not in ("ascending", "descending"):
+            raise ValueError('Sort Direction should be one of 
["ascending","descending"]')
+        if null_order not in ("at_start", "at_end"):
+            raise ValueError('Sort Null Order should be one of 
["at_start","at_end"]')
+
+        self.sort_direction = sort_direction
+        self.null_order = null_order
+
+
+def convert_sort_field_to_pyarrow_sort_options(sort_field: SortField) -> 
PyArrowSortOptions:
+    """
+    Convert an Iceberg Table Sort Field to Arrow Sort Options.
+
+    Args:
+        sort_field (SortField): Source Iceberg Sort Field to be converted
+
+    Returns:
+        PyArrowOptions: PyArrowOptions format for the input Sort Field
+    """
+    pyarrow_sort_direction = {SortDirection.ASC: "ascending", 
SortDirection.DESC: "descending"}
+    pyarrow_null_ordering = {NullOrder.NULLS_LAST: "at_end", 
NullOrder.NULLS_FIRST: "at_start"}
+    return PyArrowSortOptions(
+        pyarrow_sort_direction.get(sort_field.direction, "ascending"),
+        pyarrow_null_ordering.get(sort_field.null_order, "at_end"),
+    )
+
+
+def get_sort_indices_arrow_table(arrow_table: pa.Table, sort_seq: 
List[Tuple[str, PyArrowSortOptions]]) -> List[int]:

Review Comment:
   Just wanted to clarify on the separate implementation for sort_indices other 
than the one provided by pyarrow.
   This is because pyarrow sort_indices or Sort Options only supports one order 
for null placement across keys. 
   More details here: 
   - 
https://arrow.apache.org/docs/python/generated/pyarrow.compute.sort_indices.html
   - 
https://arrow.apache.org/docs/python/generated/pyarrow.compute.SortOptions.html
   
   While, the iceberg spec doesn't discriminate of having different null 
ordering across keys: https://iceberg.apache.org/spec/#sort-orders
   
   This function specifically helps to implement the above functionality by 
sorting across keys and utilizing the stable nature of the sort_indices algo 
from pyarrow.
   
   ----
   
   We can raise another issue to improve the performance of this function.
   
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   In future,  if pyarrow sort_indices does support different null ordering 
across, we can mark this function as obsolete and keep the implementation clean 
in the iceberg table append and overwrite methods.



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