alamb opened a new pull request, #7663: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/pull/7663
# Which issue does this PR close? - Part of https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/issues/6736 # Rationale for this change While making documentation / examples for working with `Variant` in https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/pull/7661, I found it was somewhat awkward to make `Variant` values directly from the metadata and value. Specifically you have to ```rust let metadata = [0x01, 0x00, 0x00]; let value = [0x09, 0x48, 0x49]; // parse the header metadata let metadata = VariantMetadata::try_new(&metadata).unwrap(); // and only then can you make the Variant Variant::try_new(&metadata, &value).unwrap() ``` I would really like to be able to create `Variant `directly from `metadata` and `value` without having to make a `VariantMetadata` structure # What changes are included in this PR? This PR proposes a small change to the API so creating a Variant now looks like: ```rust let metadata = [0x01, 0x00, 0x00]; let value = [0x09, 0x48, 0x49]; // You can now make the Variant directly from the metadata and value Variant::try_new(&metadata, &value).unwrap() ``` # Are there any user-facing changes? Yes, the API for creating APIs is slightly different (and I think better) -- 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]
