alamb opened a new issue #263: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/issues/263
**Is your feature request related to a problem or challenge? Please describe what you are trying to do.** I am frustrated when trying to build `StringArray`s using the `StringBuilder`. Specifically, yhere are some places I have to / find it more convenience to use a builder (rather than the `From` impl) to build `StringArray`s, such as https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb_iox/blob/main/server/src/db/system_tables.rs#L125 where we are building system tables in IOX With `PrimitiveArrayBuilder` based builders such as `UInt64Builder`, I can use the [`append_option`](https://docs.rs/arrow/4.0.0/arrow/array/struct.PrimitiveBuilder.html#method.append_option) function in the following way: ``` int_builder.append_option(size)?; ``` Which is 👍 However, since there is no corresponding `append_option` on [`GenericStringBuilder`](https://docs.rs/arrow/4.0.0/arrow/array/struct.GenericStringBuilder.html) I have have to do something this which takes more time and is 👎 ``` if let Some(v) = column.stats.min_as_str() { min_values.append_value(v)?; } else { min_values.append(false)?; } ``` **Describe the solution you'd like** Add a function `StringBuilder::append_option` that takes `Option<AsRef<str>>` ``` pub fn append_option(&mut self, v: Option<AsRef<str>) -> Result<()> { ... } ``` **Describe alternatives you've considered** Continued frustration :) **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. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org
