new empty column is set to boolean datatype

[genmeblog]

(tech.v3.dataset.column/new-column :a [])
;; => #tech.v3.dataset.column<boolean>[0]
;;    :a
;;    []

Is there a way to force a datatype during creation of column?

[cnuernber]

Yes - use the map constructor form - or use empty container of target datatype - will have example forthcoming.

[cnuernber]

The only thing that will work is to create an empty container of the target datatype -

user> (require '[tech.v3.datatype :as dt])
nil
user> (ds/new-column :a (dt/make-reader :float32 0 nil))
#tech.v3.dataset.column<float32>[0]
:a
[]

[cnuernber]

Closing this for now. This isn't clearly an issue - boolean is the root of the type hierarchy.