tustvold opened a new issue, #2635: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/issues/2635
**Is your feature request related to a problem or challenge? Please describe what you are trying to do.** <!-- A clear and concise description of what the problem is. Ex. I'm always frustrated when [...] (This section helps Arrow developers understand the context and *why* for this feature, in addition to the *what*) --> I frequently find myself writing boilerplate code to downcast `ArrayRef` to their concrete type based on the `DataType`. This has a couple of issues: * It complicates adding new types, ideally we could add a new primitive type and it would just work * It is error prone, it is very easy to accidentally get one of the downcast types wrong and often this can go unnoticed if tests don't happen to exercise that variant in any tests * It adds code bloat **Describe the solution you'd like** <!-- A clear and concise description of what you want to happen. --> I would like macros to take the burden of downcasting to the concrete `PrimitiveArray` or `DictionaryArray`. **Describe alternatives you've considered** <!-- A clear and concise description of any alternative solutions or features you've considered. --> **Additional context** <!-- Add any other context or screenshots about the feature request here. --> -- 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]
