alamb opened a new issue, #8531: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/issues/8531
**Is your feature request related to a problem or challenge? Please describe what you are trying to do.** We have two functions that are inverses of each other that are confusingly named; * `cast_to_variant` which casts arrow arrays to variant * `variant_to_arrow` which casts variants to arrow arrays Further adding to the confusion is that we have modules named `arrow_to_variant` which doesn't contain the casting kernel **Describe the solution you'd like** I would like the names to be consistent **Describe alternatives you've considered** I propose changing the names of the casting functions to be more explicit: * `cast_arrow_to_variant` * `cast_variant_to_arrow` And leaving the conversion code in the modules `arrow_to_variant` and `variant_to_arrow` **Additional context** Came up with conversation with @scovich on - https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/pull/8521/commits/509d43244eec3924659e61abba37adc83a9f2118#r2393067849 -- 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]
