[ARROW-1774] [C++] Add "view" function to create zero-copy views for compatible types, if supported

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.14.0
• Component/s: C++
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/17773
• Assignee: Antoine Pitrou
• Reporter: Wes McKinney
• Created: 06/Nov/17 21:54
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:16
• Resolved: 11/Jun/19 19:38

Description

Similar to NumPy's ndarray.view, but with the restriction that the input and output types have the same physical Arrow memory layout. This might be as simple as adding a "zero copy only" option to the existing Cast kernel

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #4482