Benjamin Kietzman created ARROW-5354:
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             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).



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