[jira] [Commented] (ARROW-11478) [R] Consider ways to make arrow.skip_nul option more user-friendly

["Ian Cook (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Ian Cook commented on ARROW-11478:
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I think I'm in favor of option 3, assuming it's feasible (which I think it should be).

> [R] Consider ways to make arrow.skip_nul option more user-friendly
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: ARROW-11478
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-11478
>             Project: Apache Arrow
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: R
>    Affects Versions: 3.0.0
>            Reporter: Ian Cook
>            Assignee: Ian Cook
>            Priority: Minor
>             Fix For: 4.0.0
>
>
> In Arrow 3.0.0, the {{arrow.skip_nul}} option effectively defaults to {{FALSE}} for consistency with {{base::readLines}} and {{base::scan}}.
> If the user keeps this default option value, then conversion of string data containing embedded nuls causes an error with a message like:
> {code:java}
> embedded nul in string: '\0' {code}
> If the user sets the option to {{TRUE}}, then no error occurs, but this warning is issued:
> {code:java}
> Stripping '\0' (nul) from character vector {code}
> Consider whether we should:
>  # Keep this all as it is
>  # Change the default option value to {{TRUE}}
>  # Keep the default option value as it is, but catch the error and re-throw it with a more actionable message that tells the user how to set the option



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