[ARROW-20] C++: Add null count member to Array containers, remove nullable member

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.1.0
• Component/s: C++
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/15300
• Assignee: Wes McKinney
• Reporter: Wes McKinney
• Created: 02/Mar/16 18:54
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:06
• Resolved: 03/Mar/16 22:56

Description

Nullability/non-nullability may become a property of the metadata (if at all, TBD based on implementation-wide discussions); in the meantime the array containers and associated algorithms will be simplified.