westonpace commented on code in PR #15253:
URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/15253#discussion_r1084447974


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cpp/src/arrow/compute/exec/exec_plan.h:
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@@ -121,18 +119,20 @@ class ARROW_EXPORT ExecNode {
 
   virtual const char* kind_name() const = 0;
 
-  // The number of inputs/outputs expected by this node
+  // The number of inputs expected by this node
   int num_inputs() const { return static_cast<int>(inputs_.size()); }
-  int num_outputs() const { return num_outputs_; }
 
   /// This node's predecessors in the exec plan
   const NodeVector& inputs() const { return inputs_; }
 
+  /// True if the plan has no output schema (is a sink)
+  bool is_sink() const { return !output_schema_; }

Review Comment:
   > That being said, I am a bit curious why this is important. I think it is 
valid to say that a sink node doesn't have an output schema. We don't rely on 
it having an output schema anywhere (or we shouldn't) that I know of.
   
   @save-buffer ping



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