andygrove commented on pull request #7874: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/7874#issuecomment-668035017
I agree with @jhorstmann since I am also confused by the naming and comments. My original requirement was for a method that would tell me how much physical memory is occupied by an array's buffers. I would call this something like `get_buffer_memory_size`. Others than asked for additional functionality to determine how much of the memory is actually being used for data. I suppose I would call this something like `get_buffer_utitilized_size`. Then there is the idea of an additional method that returns the total memory used by an array, including the buffers and other attributes. I'm not sure why we need this, personally, but if we do then I suppose `get_array_memory_size` would work? What do others think? ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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
