rluvaton commented on issue #6846:
URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/issues/6846#issuecomment-2528595031

   Doing any operation on on list of lists is a pain
   
   If I have `list` of `list` of `i32` using the builder 
`GenericListBuilder<i32, GenericListBuilder<i32, Int32Builder>>` I can't use 
`append_value` on the top list to add another list:
   
   ```rust
   
       #[test]
       fn should_run() {
           let from: Arc<ListArray> = create_test_list();
           let mut to = ListBuilder::new(
               ListBuilder::new(
                   Int32Builder::new()
               )
           );
           let indices: &[usize] = &[0, 1, 2];
           let data_type = DataType::List(
               Arc::new(Field::new(
                   "item",
                   DataType::List(
                       Arc::new(Field::new(
                           "item",
                           DataType::Int32,
                           false
                       ))
                   ),
                   false
               ))
           );
   
           for &i in indices {
               if from.is_valid(i) {
                   let inner_list = 
from.value(i).as_any().downcast_ref::<GenericListArray<i32>>().unwrap();
                   to.append_value(inner_list);
               } else {
                   to.append_null();
               }
           }
       }
   
       fn create_test_list() -> Arc<ListArray> {
           let primitive_builder = Int32Builder::with_capacity(10);
           let values_builder = ListBuilder::new(primitive_builder);
           let mut builder = ListBuilder::new(values_builder);
   
           //  [[[1, 2], [3, 4]], [[5, 6, 7], null, [8]], null, [[9, 10]]]
           builder.values().values().append_value(1);
           builder.values().values().append_value(2);
           builder.values().append(true);
           builder.values().values().append_value(3);
           builder.values().values().append_value(4);
           builder.values().append(true);
           builder.append(true);
   
           builder.values().values().append_value(5);
           builder.values().values().append_value(6);
           builder.values().values().append_value(7);
           builder.values().append(true);
           builder.values().append(false);
           builder.values().values().append_value(8);
           builder.values().append(true);
           builder.append(true);
   
           builder.append(false);
   
           builder.values().values().append_value(9);
           builder.values().values().append_value(10);
           builder.values().append(true);
           builder.append(true);
   
           Arc::new(builder.finish())
       }
   ```
   
   It's really a pain


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