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[jira] [Commented] (ARROW-254) Remove Bit type as it is redundant with boolean

    [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-254?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=15418036#comment-15418036 ] 

Wes McKinney commented on ARROW-254:
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+1 from me

> Remove Bit type as it is redundant with boolean
> -----------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: ARROW-254
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-254
>             Project: Apache Arrow
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Format
>            Reporter: Julien Le Dem
>            Assignee: Julien Le Dem
>
> The only use of Bit is for the nullability (or validity) vector which is best understood as a boolean type.
> We should remove it as it is not used otherwise.



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