emilk commented on code in PR #10759:
URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/pull/10759#discussion_r3880292164
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arrow-buffer/src/buffer/offset.rs:
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@@ -177,6 +177,42 @@ impl<O: ArrowNativeType> OffsetBuffer<O> {
Self(ScalarBuffer::from(offsets))
}
+ /// The first offset, i.e. the start of the first range.
+ ///
+ /// An [`OffsetBuffer`] is never empty, so this always returns an offset.
+ ///
+ /// ```
+ /// # use arrow_buffer::OffsetBuffer;
+ /// let offsets = OffsetBuffer::<i32>::from_lengths([1, 3, 5]);
+ /// assert_eq!(offsets.first(), 0);
+ /// assert_eq!(OffsetBuffer::<i32>::new_empty().first(), 0);
+ /// ```
+ #[inline]
+ pub fn first(&self) -> O {
+ self.0
+ .first()
+ .copied()
+ .expect("An `OffsetBuffer` is never empty")
+ }
Review Comment:
Can't deprecate `first()` - it is part of `&[T]` which this derefs into.
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