tustvold opened a new issue, #1802: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/issues/1802
**Is your feature request related to a problem or challenge? Please describe what you are trying to do.** Currently `BitMap` is a simple wrapper around a `Buffer`. This limits it to slicing on multiples of 8, as `Buffer` can only slice at byte boundaries. **Describe the solution you'd like** Add an offset and length to `BitMap`, updating the accessors to take this into account. This may require deprecating and removing `buffer_ref`, and/or making it panic if non-zero offset. Add a slice method to `BitMap` that uses the offset and length to perform zero-copy slicing. **Describe alternatives you've considered** We could not do this. **Additional context** Feeds into https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/issues/1799 -- 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. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
