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Add missing aggregate functions (grouping, percentile_cont, var_population) #1454

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Summary

A few aggregate functions from upstream DataFusion are not yet exposed in datafusion-python.

Missing Functions

  • grouping — returns an integer indicator for which grouping set a row belongs to (used with GROUPING SETS, CUBE, ROLLUP)
  • percentile_cont / quantile_cont — computes a percentile value using continuous interpolation
  • var_population — alias for var_pop

Upstream Reference

Implementation

  • Rust bindings: crates/core/src/functions.rs
  • Python wrappers: python/datafusion/functions.py

Note: This gap analysis was performed using an AI agent comparing upstream DataFusion v53 documentation against the current datafusion-python codebase.

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