alamb opened a new issue, #8387: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/issues/8387
**Is your feature request related to a problem or challenge? Please describe what you are trying to do.** - part of https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/issues/6736 **Describe the solution you'd like** Currently `VariantArray` requires `BinaryViewArray` but by default the Parquet reader produces `BinaryArray` -- this means that without a workaround, it is not possible to read data from the ParquetReader without converting According to the Arrow canonical extension type (see https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/47456) BinaryArray is valid (as is BinaryViewArray) I added a workaround in - https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/pull/8365 But this ticket tracks the work to actually support BinaryArray properly in VariantArray **Describe alternatives you've considered** <!-- A clear and concise description of any alternative solutions or features you've considered. --> **Additional context** <!-- Add any other context or screenshots about the feature request here. --> -- 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]
