pitrou commented on a change in pull request #7887: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/7887#discussion_r470062976
########## File path: cpp/src/arrow/array/builder_base.h ########## @@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ class ARROW_EXPORT ArrayBuilder { virtual Status AppendNull() = 0; virtual Status AppendNulls(int64_t length) = 0; + virtual Status AppendEmpty() { return AppendNull(); } Review comment: Well, we'd like AppendEmpty to precisely append a (arbitrary but defined) non-null value, so this is not correct. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org