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[jira] [Created] (ARROW-8338) [Format] Clarify whether 0-length variable offsets buffers are permissible for 0-length arrays in the IPC protocol

Wes McKinney created ARROW-8338:
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             Summary: [Format] Clarify whether 0-length variable offsets buffers are permissible for 0-length arrays in the IPC protocol
                 Key: ARROW-8338
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-8338
             Project: Apache Arrow
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: Documentation, Format
            Reporter: Wes McKinney


This aspect of the columnar format / IPC protocol remains slightly unclear. As written, it would suggest that an offsets buffer of length 1 containing a single value 0 is required. It may be better to allow this to be length zero (corresponding to a 0-size or null buffer in the implementation)



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