alamb commented on issue #9716: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/issues/9716#issuecomment-4247011708
> Strikingly, C++ explicitely exercises this permissive case , including on [validation](https://github.com/apache/arrow/blob/4eca50770f7f2c5938a676f0719fbfc8aae4803c/cpp/src/arrow/array/validate.cc#L916). Now the question is whether the spec should be updated (and then other arrow libraries such as polars/arrow2 will have to change), or whether we stick with the spec and output strictly compliant files. I am not sure I agree with your interpretation of the spec that requires IPC files to have non zero length buffers for these types The spec you cite is the arrow in memory format, not the IPC format -- 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]
