wesm commented on PR #13364: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/13364#issuecomment-1156509887
Yes I agree, no need to go overboard right now, but in principle what I described is a straightforward design that would enable us to go from `shared_ptr<DataType> -> DataType` quite easily (albeit with a lot of mechanical refactoring), so we have the option to do it if it can't be demonstrated that it's worth it performance-wise. I think that once a new expression evaluator based on ArraySpan has been implemented that it won't be as serious of an issue -- 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: github-unsubscr...@arrow.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org