[ARROW-16243] [C++][Python] Remove Parquet ReadSchemaField method

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 7.0.0
• Fix Version/s: 9.0.0
• Component/s: C++, Python
• Labels: good-first-issue pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/31638
• Assignee: Alexandre de Siqueira
• Reporter: Will Jones
• Created: 19/Apr/22 20:22
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 11:42
• Resolved: 07/Jun/22 12:27

Description

It doesn't seem like the experimental ReadSchemaField() method does anything different than ReadColumn() at this point. We should remove it and it's corresponding Python method.

https://github.com/apache/arrow/blob/cedb4f8112b9c622dad88e0b6e8e0600f7e52746/cpp/src/parquet/arrow/reader.h#L143-L156

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #13060