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Krisztian Szucs commented on ARROW-2475:
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I'm not sure that I can distinguish between `array` and `array structure`.
Is an `array structure` is a `structure which contains multiple arrays` (like
ChunkedArray)?
As opposed to allocating very large contiguous memory blocks `in a single
array` (but not array structure)?
> [SPEC] Confusing array length description
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> Key: ARROW-2475
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-2475
> Project: Apache Arrow
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Documentation
> Reporter: Krisztian Szucs
> Priority: Trivial
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> "To encourage developers to compose smaller arrays (each of which contains
> contiguous memory in its leaf nodes) to create larger array structures
> possibly exceeding 2^31 - 1 elements, as opposed to allocating very large
> contiguous memory blocks."
> I think it could use a little more verbose explanation: `to compose smaller
> arrays to create larger array structures`
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