[ARROW-1777] [C++] Add static ctor ArrayData::Make for nicer syntax in places

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.8.0
• Component/s: C++
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/17776
• Assignee: Wes McKinney
• Reporter: Wes McKinney
• Created: 07/Nov/17 21:30
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:16
• Resolved: 25/Nov/17 17:18

Description

Because of the fickleness of std::make_shared, we are having to store a vector of buffers in an lvalue rather than passing the buffers in the make_shared function call as an initializer list. This makes things a bit awkward, and could be made possibly better with a factory function

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #1353