Benjamin Kietzman created ARROW-5354: ----------------------------------------
Summary: [C++] allow Array to have null buffers when all elements are null Key: ARROW-5354 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-5354 Project: Apache Arrow Issue Type: New Feature Components: C++ Reporter: Benjamin Kietzman Assignee: Benjamin Kietzman In the case of all elements of an array being null, no buffers whatsoever *need* to be allocated (similar to NullArray). This is a more extreme case of the optimization which allows the null bitmap buffer to be null if all elements are valid. Currently {{arrow::Array}} requires at least a null bitmap buffer to be allocated (and all bits set to 0). -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)