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Wes McKinney commented on ARROW-1489:
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This might yield some code bloat but would still be useful to have in our
repertoire
> [C++] Add casting option to set unsafe casts to null rather than some garbage
> value
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> Key: ARROW-1489
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-1489
> Project: Apache Arrow
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Components: C++
> Reporter: Wes McKinney
> Priority: Major
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> Null is the obvious choice when certain casts fail, like string to number,
> but in other kinds of unsafe casts there may be more ambiguity.
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