[REVIEW] support contiguous split of fixed-point decimal column

[sperlingxx]

This PR is about to support contiguous split of fixed-point decimal column through implementing specialized dispatching branches for fixed-point types.

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[revans2]

@nvdbaranec could you take a look at this?

[nvdbaranec]

There is a huge rewrite of contiguous_split that will be merged soon (#6615) that will obliterate any changes that come from this PR. I suggest tabling this PR for now - I'll make sure decimal works with the new PR

Edit: Yes, the new PR (#6615) handles decimal as-is. I'll update the tests to reflect this.

Pinging @jrhemstad

[jlowe]

Should this be closed as superceded by #6615?

[sperlingxx]

Should this be closed as superceded by #6615?

Yes, I close it now.