[ARROW-3794] [R] Consider mapping INT8 to integer() not raw()

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.14.0
• Component/s: R
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/20170
• Assignee: Romain Francois
• Reporter: Javier Luraschi
• Created: 15/Nov/18 00:42
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:29
• Resolved: 12/Jun/19 10:39

Description

The Arrow:BINARY type maps better to R's raw(), while Arrow::INT8 maps better to R's integer() since currently, NA's are not supported when collecting INT8's and numerical operations can't be performed against raw().

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #4507