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Emilio Lahr-Vivaz commented on ARROW-725:
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Should I make that change as part of adding the list? Or leave it for now?
> [Format] Constant length list type
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> Key: ARROW-725
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-725
> Project: Apache Arrow
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Format
> Reporter: Brian Hulette
> Assignee: Emilio Lahr-Vivaz
> Priority: Trivial
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> It makes sense to store some data in a row-based format. For example, a
> position might be stored as two or three coordinates per row, and all of them
> will almost always be accessed simultaneously. Currently, arrow must store
> these as two or three separate vectors, but cache performance could
> potentially be improved if every coordinate for a given row were in the same
> location in memory.
> The List type could satisfy this requirement, but it requires an additional
> offset vector which isn't necessary when every element is the same size. I
> think it would be helpful to define a new type that is essentially a List
> with every element having the same length. I think "Tuple" would be a natural
> fit for this type but I'm open to other suggestions.
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