emilk commented on code in PR #10759:
URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/pull/10759#discussion_r3880294001


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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:
   I think removing `.unwrap()` from users code is the good type of churn



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