friendlymatthew commented on code in PR #8613:
URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/pull/8613#discussion_r2430681072


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parquet-variant-compute/src/variant_array.rs:
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@@ -434,6 +441,99 @@ impl From<VariantArray> for ArrayRef {
     }
 }
 
+/// An iterator over [`VariantArray`]
+///
+/// This iterator returns `Option<Option<Variant<'a, 'a>>>` where:
+/// - `None` indicates the end of iteration
+/// - `Some(None)` indicates a null value at this position
+/// - `Some(Some(variant))` indicates a valid variant value
+///
+/// # Example
+///
+/// ```
+/// # use parquet_variant::Variant;
+/// # use parquet_variant_compute::VariantArrayBuilder;
+/// let mut builder = VariantArrayBuilder::new(10);
+/// builder.append_variant(Variant::from(42));
+/// builder.append_null();
+/// builder.append_variant(Variant::from("hello"));
+/// let array = builder.build();
+///
+/// let values = array.iter().collect::<Vec<_>>();
+/// assert_eq!(values.len(), 3);
+/// assert_eq!(values[0], Some(Variant::from(42)));
+/// assert_eq!(values[1], None);
+/// assert_eq!(values[2], Some(Variant::from("hello")));
+/// ```
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct VariantArrayIter<'a> {
+    array: &'a VariantArray,
+    head_i: usize,
+    tail_i: usize,
+}
+
+impl<'a> VariantArrayIter<'a> {
+    /// Creates a new iterator over the given [`VariantArray`]
+    pub fn new(array: &'a VariantArray) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            array,
+            head_i: 0,
+            tail_i: array.len(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Helper method to check if the value at the given index is null
+    #[inline]
+    fn is_null(&self, idx: usize) -> bool {
+        self.array.is_null(idx)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a> Iterator for VariantArrayIter<'a> {
+    type Item = Option<Variant<'a, 'a>>;
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
+        if self.head_i == self.tail_i {
+            return None;
+        }
+
+        let out = if self.is_null(self.head_i) {
+            Some(None)
+        } else {
+            Some(Some(self.array.value(self.head_i)))
+        };
+
+        self.head_i += 1;
+
+        out

Review Comment:
   Hi hi, I think using combinators are great, but in this case we're 1) 
hurting readability and 2) using `Option::inspect` to mutate state
   
   I find using combinators on a bool term to be more confusing than a simple 
if branch, but this is just my opinion
   
   



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