[jira] [Created] (ARROW-229) C++: Add Helper to cast to cast primitive arrays

[Uwe L. Korn (JIRA)]

Uwe L. Korn created ARROW-229:
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             Summary: C++: Add Helper to cast to cast primitive arrays
                 Key: ARROW-229
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-229
             Project: Apache Arrow
          Issue Type: New Feature
          Components: C++
            Reporter: Uwe L. Korn


Depending on the type conversion, this is either just a reinterpret_cast on the 
data pointer or involves a data copy.



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