nevi-me commented on a change in pull request #9329:
URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/9329#discussion_r597200305
##########
File path: rust/arrow/src/array/array.rs
##########
@@ -56,11 +55,13 @@ pub trait Array: fmt::Debug + Send + Sync + JsonEqual {
/// ```
fn as_any(&self) -> &Any;
- /// Returns a reference-counted pointer to the underlying data of this
array.
- fn data(&self) -> ArrayDataRef;
+ /// Returns a reference to the underlying data of this array.
+ fn data(&self) -> &ArrayData;
Review comment:
@yordan-pavlov I think it's safer to deprecate `data()`, then remove it
later. We still use it a lot in the codebase, but it's often more performant to
use `array_ref()`, so returning `ArrayData` doesn't guide users on a faster
path.
--
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
