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Joris Van den Bossche commented on ARROW-5337:
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Since there is also a {{arrow::Field}} which is the combination of name, type
and optional metadata (and not the actual array), I think using {{column()}} is
better. If there would be a {{RecordBatch::field()}}, it should probably return
a {{Field}} and not an array.
On the python side also this terminology is used: {{Table.column()}} returns
the (chunked) array, {{Table.field()}} a field (as a shortcut for
{{Table.schema.field()}}.
So I would personally close this issue.
> [C++] Add RecordBatch::field method, possibly deprecate "column"
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> Key: ARROW-5337
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-5337
> Project: Apache Arrow
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: C++
> Reporter: Wes McKinney
> Priority: Major
> Fix For: 0.15.0
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> As a matter of consistency, it might be better to rename
> {{RecordBatch::column}} to {{RecordBatch::field}}
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