[ARROW-37] C++: Represent boolean array data in bit-packed form

• 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/15405
• Assignee: Wes McKinney
• Reporter: Wes McKinney
• Created: 03/Mar/16 23:18
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:06
• Resolved: 25/Mar/16 23:52

Description

This is not explicit in the Arrow specification (we should make this concrete), but has the additional benefit of making code for null bitmaps and boolean arrays interchangeable.