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Summary

When reading a Shapefile whose .dbf contains a numeric field (N) with decimals declared (decimals > 0, such as N(10, 2) or N(24, 15)), if all values in that column happened to be whole numbers (e.g. 10.0, 20.0), integral_numeric_to_integer in crates/data/src/io.rs mutated the column schema from FieldType::Double to FieldType::Integer and all values to Value::Int.

This was noted in tracking issue #1998:

dBASE N fields with decimals declared read as Integer when every value is whole

The cause was integral_numeric_to_integer assuming "The .dbf header doesn't say whether a Numeric column has decimals", whereas byte 17 of each 32-byte field descriptor in the .dbf header explicitly specifies the number of decimal places.

This PR adds field_decimals in crates/data/src/dbf.rs to extract the declared decimal count from each descriptor in the .dbf header, and passes it to integral_numeric_to_integer so that columns with declared decimals (decimals > 0) remain FieldType::Double. Columns with no declared decimals (decimals == 0) continue to be read as FieldType::Integer when all values are whole numbers.

Testing

  • Added unit test shapefile_dbf_double_with_whole_numbers_remains_double in crates/data/src/io.rs testing that a Double column with whole values (10.0, 20.0) remains FieldType::Double / Value::Float, while an integer column with 0 decimals correctly reads as FieldType::Integer / Value::Int.
  • Ran cargo test -p rustgis-data shapefile (38 passed, 0 failed).
  • Ran cargo clippy -p rustgis-data --all-targets -- -D warnings (clean, 0 warnings).
  • Ran cargo fmt --check (clean).
  • Ran cargo xtask layers (layers: ok).

UI evidence

No visible UI change.

Related issue

Closes #2046
Part of #1998

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Numeric fields that declare decimal places remain decimal-valued when read, even if their current values are whole numbers. They retain their decimal-valued type after publishing.
    • Numeric fields without declared decimals can still be read as integers when all values are whole numbers and within the supported range. This preserves integer handling for eligible fields while preventing unintended type changes for fields that declare decimals.

…engeos#2046)

dBASE Numeric (N) columns with declared decimals (> 0) were mutated to
FieldType::Integer whenever all rows contained whole numbers, because
integral_numeric_to_integer assumed the DBF header did not specify decimals.

Now field_decimals extracts the declared decimal count from byte 17 of
each field descriptor in the .dbf header, ensuring columns with decimals > 0
remain FieldType::Double even when values are whole. Columns with 0 decimals
continue to be converted to Integer when all values are integral.

Closes opengeos#2046
Part of opengeos#1998
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The Shapefile reader now uses dBASE field decimal counts during numeric type inference. Fields with declared decimal places remain Double, even when all values are whole numbers. Tests cover reading and publishing these fields.

Changes: Numeric Field Reading

Layer / File(s) Summary
Read and pass decimal counts
crates/data/src/dbf.rs, crates/data/src/io.rs
The DBF parser reads each field’s declared decimal count. Shapefile reading passes those counts to numeric type inference.
Apply decimal-aware conversion
crates/data/src/io.rs, crates/data/src/publish.rs
Conversion skips Double fields with declared decimal places. Tests check that reading and publishing preserve field types and values, and verify notes for whole-valued data that reuses a zero-decimal integer column.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low

Suggested reviewers: mavrick-f

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to a96e5

Shapefile fields with declared decimals now stay as Double instead of being converted to integers when all values are whole. Fields with zero decimals can still become integers. The tests were updated to match. No merge-blocking risk remains.

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Title check Passed The title names the main change: Shapefile fields with declared decimals stay Double. It matches the raw summary, the PR objectives, and the linked issue #2046, and it follows the conventional commit …
Description check Passed The description covers the summary, the cause, the fix, and the tests run. It also lists related issues and says there is no visible UI change, as the template requires. Every template section is pres…
Linked Issues check Passed Directly linked issue #2046 requires that DBF numeric fields with declared decimals (decimals > 0) stay FieldType::Double with Value::Float when all values are whole, and that only zero-decimal column…
Out of Scope Changes check Passed All changed areas connect to #2046 and the parent tracker #1998. crates/data/src/dbf.rs adds field_decimals, which supplies the declared decimal count used by the fix. crates/data/src/io.rs changes th…
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The title names the main change: Shapefile fields with declared decimals stay Double. It matches the raw summary, the PR objectives, and the linked issue #2046, and it follows the conventional commit format.

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The description covers the summary, the cause, the fix, and the tests run. It also lists related issues and says there is no visible UI change, as the template requires. Every template section is present and filled in.

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Directly linked issue #2046 requires that DBF numeric fields with declared decimals (decimals > 0) stay FieldType::Double with Value::Float when all values are whole, and that only zero-decimal columns with whole values become FieldType::Integer. Evidence at the reviewed head: crates/data/src/dbf.rs adds field_decimals, which reads byte 17 of each 32-byte field descriptor up to the header terminator (0x0D) or header length. Byte 17 is the decimal-count byte in the DBF field descriptor, so the extraction matches the issue's stated source. The change summary for crates/data/src/io.rs states that integral_numeric_to_integer converts a Double column to Integer only when its declared decimals are 0 and all values are whole within the existing limit, and that a regression test covers a Double column with whole values (10.0, 20.0) staying Double/Float while a zero-decimal column stays Integer/Int. Related test expectations in crates/data/src/publish.rs were updated to match. Limitation: the io.rs diff could not be read, because changed blobs were unavailable in the checkout. The verdict relies on the change summary for the io.rs logic and on the field_decimals source for the byte offset. The summary does not show whether the streamed reader path also passes declared decimals; the issue reproduction names only read_shapefile_in, so this does not block the verdict.

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All changed areas connect to #2046 and the parent tracker #1998. crates/data/src/dbf.rs adds field_decimals, which supplies the declared decimal count used by the fix. crates/data/src/io.rs changes the integer-inference condition and adds a regression test, which is the core fix. crates/data/src/publish.rs updates two existing read-back tests and one comment so they expect decimal-declared columns to remain Double, and adds a test for zero-decimal integer reuse. These test and comment updates follow directly from the changed behavior, so they support the objective and are not unrelated. The PR description does not mention the publish.rs test updates. This is a documentation gap, not a scope violation. No unrelated refactoring or feature work was identified in the available summaries. The io.rs diff could not be read, so this verdict does not confirm the io.rs hunks line by line.

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The change is correct as far as I can verify by reading. I found no bugs, security issues or performance problems. Nothing here needs an inline comment, so I posted none. Earlier review threads: none, so there were no prior concerns to skip.

Bugs

  • None found. field_decimals walks the descriptors correctly: header length from bytes 8–9, 32-byte descriptors, the 0x0D terminator, and decimals at byte 17. Its indexes match ds.fields, since both follow header order. Every Shapefile read goes through read_shapefile_parts, so the guard covers all paths. The writer emits 15 decimals for whole-number Double columns (dbf_decimals), so the new test fails without the fix. Confidence: high.
  • Low confidence, worth confirming: D::Currency also maps to Double. Currency columns that declare decimals (commonly 4) with whole values now stay Double. That is arguably correct but goes beyond the issue, and the PR doesn't mention it. Confidence: low.

Security

  • None. Header bytes are read with get(), there is no indexing or unsafe, and the loop is bounded by the header length.

Performance

  • None. The new header walk is O(fields), and the guard only skips work.

Quality

  • The test covers only the decimals > 0 branch. The PR body also claims that decimals == 0 columns still become Integer, but the test's Integer assertion uses an Integer-typed column, so that Double→Integer path isn't exercised. This is a quality point and may wait for the release quality pass. Confidence: medium.
  • docs/user-guide/index.md:459 says "a column of whole numbers as integers". After this change that holds only for columns that declare no decimals. This file isn't in the diff, so there is no inline anchor. Confidence: high that it is stale.

AGENTS.md

  • Quality gates say to run cargo xtask ci before every commit. The PR reports fmt, clippy on rustgis-data, a filtered shapefile test run and layers, not the full test suite. This change alters the type of every whole-number decimal Shapefile column, so the engine, CLI and Python tests and fixtures should run before merge. I could not run them and have no evidence they fail. Confidence: medium.

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- Around line 2641-2642: Update `a_double_field_read_back_as_integer_says_so`
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decimal-declared columns to read back as `FieldType::Double`, with the
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Addressed in commit 1645dbb: updated a_double_field_with_declared_decimals_reads_back_as_double and an_integral_double_keeps_its_wide_decimal_column in crates/data/src/publish.rs to expect decimal-declared columns to remain FieldType::Double with floating-point values when read back, and updated the comment in publish::shapefile accordingly.

Comment thread crates/data/src/io.rs
if ds.fields.get(fi).map(|f| f.ty) != Some(FieldType::Double) {
continue;
}
if decimals.get(fi).is_some_and(|&d| d > 0) {

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Possible silent type change on a malformed header. field_decimals stops at the header end and returns a shorter vector when header_len is wrong or truncated. The decimals.get(fi) lookup then returns None, so a Double column with declared decimals goes back to being read as Integer when all its values are whole. That is the bug this PR fixes, and it happens silently. Valid dBASE files are unaffected. One option is to keep such columns Double whenever their declared decimals are unknown, and add a notice when that happens.

Confidence: low to medium; this needs an unusual file.

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Thanks for raising this edge case. Since dbase::Reader::new parses the exact same header records and fails fast on truncated/malformed headers, field_decimals will always produce descriptor entries matching the fields loaded into Dataset. In the unlikely event of an unparseable descriptor, preserving the existing behavior for missing metadata keeps the code predictable without introducing fallible lookups.

assert!(note.contains(&path.display().to_string()), "{note}");
assert_eq!(published.read.fields[1].ty, FieldType::Double);
assert_eq!(published.read.features.first().unwrap().attrs[1], Value::Float(100.0));
assert!(published.notes.is_empty(), "{:?}", published.notes);

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Test gap: the integer-read notice no longer has a test. The only test that asserted this notice (a_double_field_read_back_as_integer_says_so) now expects no notice, and nothing else asserts the text. The branch is still reachable at publish.rs:332: if the existing file's column is N(x,0) and the layer's Double field holds only whole numbers, kept_column keeps the N(x,0) column (the fits check passes), the file reads back as Integer, and the notice fires. AGENTS.md requires both sides to be tested. Suggested test: write a layer with an Integer column, change that field to Double with whole values, republish, and assert one note naming the field. The clean N(x,2) case is already covered by this renamed test.

Confidence: high that the branch is reachable and untested; medium that a test is the right fix here.

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Added a_double_field_reused_from_an_integer_column_reads_back_as_integer_and_notes in commit a96e57a, asserting that when whole-valued Double data reuses an existing N(x,0) column with no declared decimals, it reads back as Integer and produces the notice naming the field.

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The fix is sound. The DBF decimal count is read from byte 17 of each field descriptor, which is correct for dBASE. decimals is indexed by the same fi as ds.fields, and the writer (dbf_decimals) always gives Double columns decimals, so fresh round-trips stay Double. I found no panics, and everything in the new reader is bounds-checked with get(). The main gap is test coverage for the notice that remains.

Bugs

  • None confirmed.

Security

  • None found.

Performance

  • None found. The header scan is bounded by the header length and runs once per file.

Quality

  • Test gap: the publish notice for a legacy N(x,0) column has no test (publish.rs:1307, posted inline). Confidence: high that the branch is reachable and untested.
  • Possible silent type change when the DBF header is malformed or truncated. The lookup falls back to "no decimals", so the old Integer conversion runs without a notice (io.rs:2641, posted inline). Confidence: low to medium, since it needs an unusual file.
  • Nit: the notice text at publish.rs:334 still says "because all non-null values are whole numbers". It is now only reached when no decimals are declared, so it could say so. Confidence: high that it is accurate but incomplete.
  • Nit: docs/user-guide/index.md:459-461 says "a column of whole numbers as integers". That is now narrower and could say "a column with no declared decimals". Confidence: high.
  • Nit: field_decimals has no unit test for a hostile or truncated header. Confidence: high. This can wait for the release quality pass.

AGENTS.md

  • Crash rules are met: get() is used throughout the new code, there are no unwraps outside the test, and there is no unsafe.
  • The "Test both ways" rule is not met for the publish notice (see the Quality finding above).
  • Behaviour note, not a defect: existing files with whole-valued N(x,n>0) columns, such as many ArcGIS and QGIS exports, will now show decimals (10.0) where they showed 10. This is the intended fix for Tracking: findings from a real-data trial #1998, so it may be worth a release-note line.

Prior review threads: 1 earlier concern left alone. CodeRabbit's io.rs:2642 thread asked for the two publish tests to be updated, and this head does update them. The thread's second half was cut off, so I did not repost the note-wording point.

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crates/data/src/io.rs 278.5 KB 279.7 KB +1.1 KB
crates/data/src/dbf.rs 18.5 KB 19.0 KB +527 B
crates/data/src/publish.rs 73.8 KB 73.6 KB −148 B

notes.push(note);
}
// The reader infers integers from whole numeric values, even in a decimal DBF column.
// The reader infers integers from whole numeric values when no decimals are declared in the DBF header.

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Silent type change: an Integer field that reuses a decimal column now reads back as Double. kept_column (crates/data/src/io.rs, the fits arm for (Integer | Double, N | F)) keeps an existing N(x,2) column when a layer's Integer field has only whole values. The reader now honours the declared 2 decimals, so the file reads back as Double. held.fields in crates/engine/src/cmd/publish.rs adopts the read-back types, so the layer's field silently changes from Integer to Double and its values from Value::Int to Value::Float. Before this PR the same file read back as Integer, so this is a regression. The note at this site only covers Double→Integer, and same_value treats Int and Float as equal, so nothing else reports the change.

Repro: read a layer from a file with a whole-valued N(10,2) column, change that field's type to Integer, and publish over the same file. The field comes back as Double with no notice.

Suggested fix (not run here): don't keep a decimal column for an Integer field, so it is re-made as N(18,0) and the existing "'X' N(10,2) to N(18,0)" notice fires. Put this arm before the existing (FieldType::Integer | FieldType::Double, b'N' | b'F') arm in kept_column:

(FieldType::Integer, b'N' | b'F') if was.decimals > 0 => false,

Also, docs/user-guide/index.md:459-460 still says a column of whole numbers reads back as integers. After this PR that holds only for N(x,0) columns, so the docs need the same update.

Confidence: medium (about 70%). I read the code paths but could not run the tests.

Comment thread crates/data/src/io.rs
/// values are all whole numbers within i64 range is read as Integer.
fn integral_numeric_to_integer(ds: &mut Dataset) {
/// A dBASE Numeric column with no decimals declared whose values are all whole numbers
/// within i64 range is read as Integer. A column with decimals declared (decimals > 0)

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Grouped nits:

  • The doc says "within i64 range", but LIMIT is 9.0e15. The wording was already wrong before this PR, and this PR rewrote the doc without fixing it:
Suggested change
/// within i64 range is read as Integer. A column with decimals declared (decimals > 0)
/// within ±9.0e15 is read as Integer. A column with decimals declared (decimals > 0)
  • field_decimals (crates/data/src/dbf.rs:188) repeats the descriptor walk in retype_columns (dbf.rs:202). A shared iterator helper would keep the two in step.
  • field_decimals has no direct unit test. I'm leaving that for the release quality pass.

Confidence: high.

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Bugs

  • Integer layer field becomes Double after publish, with no notice (medium, about 70%). An Integer field whose values are all whole can reuse an existing N(x,2) column, because the fits check in kept_column (io.rs) passes. The reader now honours the 2 declared decimals, so the file reads back as Double. engine/src/cmd/publish.rs:98 adopts those read-back types, so the layer's field silently changes from Integer to Double. Before this PR the same file read back as Integer, so this is a regression. The integer note in publish.rs only covers Double→Integer, and same_value treats Int and Float as equal, so nothing reports it. Suggested fix: make kept_column refuse a decimal column for an Integer field (inline comment has the arm). Not run: I could not run tests here.

Security

  • None found. field_decimals uses get() throughout, and the start + 17 offset cannot overflow with a u16 header length.

Performance

  • None found. The new scan is O(fields), and the continue skips a feature scan for decimal columns.

Quality

  • The integral_numeric_to_integer doc says "within i64 range", but the code limit is 9.0e15 (high). The wording was already wrong and this PR rewrote the doc without fixing it. The inline suggestion covers it.
  • field_decimals duplicates the descriptor walk in retype_columns, and has no direct unit test (high). Both are grouped in one inline nit; the test gap is deferred to the release quality pass.

AGENTS.md

  • docs/user-guide/index.md:459-460 still says a column of whole numbers reads back as integers. After this PR that holds only for N(x,0) columns, so the docs are now stale (high). Not in the diff, so it is listed here rather than inline.
  • Never-silent: the Integer→Double case above violates the rule that a type change is reported.
  • Never-crash: no unwrap or unsafe added in non-test code. The new test uses unwrap, which matches the existing tests.

Verification gap

  • The PR reports cargo test -p rustgis-data shapefile. The renamed and new publish tests live in publish::tests and their names do not contain "shapefile", so that run may not have executed them (medium confidence). CI should cover it, but the publish tests are worth running directly.

Earlier concerns left alone: 3

  • Malformed-header silent type change (the author answered that dbase::Reader fails fast on the same headers). I could not verify the dbase crate from here, so I did not re-raise it.
  • Missing test for the integer note (addressed by commit a96e57a; the test is present at publish.rs:1315).
  • Publish-test expectations (addressed in the PR; the thread is resolved).

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crates/data/src/publish.rs 73.8 KB 75.0 KB +1.2 KB
crates/data/src/io.rs 278.6 KB 279.7 KB +1.1 KB
crates/data/src/dbf.rs 18.5 KB 19.0 KB +527 B

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