alamb commented on pull request #341: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/pull/341#issuecomment-849601617
> But we could clone the contents of the array and only create the zeroed null buffer. I think this makes a lot of sense personally (even if it might increase the peak memory usage of the system). Most filter masks are applied immediately (e.g. as part of some filtering operation) so I think so the amount of additional time that a large string array would be held on to is likely minimal -- 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. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
