[GitHub] [arrow] jonkeane commented on a change in pull request #12159: ARROW-15327: [R] Update news for 7.0.0

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jonkeane commented on a change in pull request #12159:
URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/12159#discussion_r787230511



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 # arrow 6.0.1.9000
 
-* Added `decimal256()`. Updated `decimal()`, which now calls `decimal256()` or `decimal128()` based on the value of the `precision` argument.
-* updated `write_csv_arrow()` to follow the signature of `readr::write_csv()`. The following arguments are supported:
+## New features
+* Code to generate schemas (and individual data type specficiations) are now accessible with the `$code()` on a `schema` or `type`. This allows you to easily get the code needed to create a schema from an object that already has one.

Review comment:
       Honestly, yes, I think so, a lot of the others are more polish / specific to the query engine. Happy to move another one up to the top if there's a better one. This is quite useful for people dealing with schemas.




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