pitrou commented on issue #50249: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/50249#issuecomment-4845252004
I understand, but the none of the Builder classes currently have a IsNull or IsValid method. If we want to add one, we should do so for all builder classes, not just BinaryView. Or we can just circumvent the issue by doing things differently. It could make sense to have some kind of `BinaryViewDataBuilder` class that builds the data buffers (excluding the null bitmap). And actually, such a separation (full Builder vs. non-null DataBuilder) could probably make sense for other builders too. There are contexts where we already know the null bitmap (for example because it's the same as the input we are operating on, which is common in compute kernels) and just want to build the non-null buffers. -- 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]
