[GitHub] [arrow] thisisnic commented on issue #35071: [R] Improve interface for working with schemas

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thisisnic commented on issue #35071:
URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/35071#issuecomment-1505071371

   Thanks for opening this ticket @fmichonneau, this kind of feedback is invaluable!  Addressing some of your points in order:
   
   ### Getting the schema
   > I'm wondering whether it would make sense to provide a function to extract the schema
   
   We already have the function `schema()` for creating schemas, which makes this trickier, but I agree there's a bit of a tension here between functional patterns and working with objects, which might confuse users. I wonder if there are any examples from other packages that we could use here?
   
   ### Changing the type
   
   > using a dedicated function [to update the schema]
   
   Definitely.
   
   > (this doesn't error but doesn't seem to have any effect)
   
   I think we should error here and add a hint that the user might want to create a new schema instead of trying to update that one.
   
   ### Renaming a field
   
   Agree we should implement the `names<-` method, this should be covered by #35035.
   
   ### Doing logical operations on the data types
   
   Agree we should make this simpler; can you give me an example of why you might want to do this so I have a specific use case in my head?


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