Eduardo Ponce created ARROW-14332:
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Summary: [C++] Rename type traits utilities to improve semantic
consistency
Key: ARROW-14332
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-14332
Project: Apache Arrow
Issue Type: Improvement
Reporter: Eduardo Ponce
Fix For: 7.0.0
There are semantic differences between *enable_ifs-related* utils and *is_xxx*
functions with the same name. For example, *is_binary_like*
[here](https://github.com/apache/arrow/blob/master/cpp/src/arrow/type_traits.h#L596)
!=
[here](https://github.com/apache/arrow/blob/master/cpp/src/arrow/type_traits.h#L924).
The former includes binary only and the latter binary/string types.
Also, the *_like* suffix seems unwarranted as they always refer to binary or
string.
Also, the *is_fixed_size_binary* includes both _FixedSizeBinaryType_ and
_DecimalXXXType_. A better name is *is_base_fixed_size_binary* to match how
binary/string utils are used.
_Note_: There might be other inconsistencies.
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