phil-opp opened a new issue, #8736: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/issues/8736
**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*) --> In https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/pull/5622, support for encoding binary arrays was added (via hex encoding). However, decoding is still not supported and leads to an "Binary is not supported by JSON" error. This is inconsistent and surprising. **Describe the solution you'd like** <!-- A clear and concise description of what you want to happen. --> Implement decoding of hex-encoded binary arrays. The round-trip operation (encode then decode again) should succeed without errors. **Describe alternatives you've considered** <!-- A clear and concise description of any alternative solutions or features you've considered. --> - We could also remove the binary encoding again instead, so that the crate is consistent. However, given that binary data is quite common, I'm favor of keeping it and adding decode support. **Additional context** <!-- Add any other context or screenshots about the feature request here. --> I discovered this limitation while discussing https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/issues/8684 -- 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]
