[ARROW-452] [C++/Python] Merge "Feather" file format implementation

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.3.0
• Component/s: C++, Python
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/16097
• Assignee: Wes McKinney
• Reporter: Wes McKinney
• Created: 02/Jan/17 20:25
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:08
• Resolved: 11/Mar/17 22:00

Description

See https://github.com/wesm/feather/tree/master/cpp – this will assist with code consolidation and reconciling metadata requirements for Python and R users, with the goal of eventually using the Arrow IPC format for everything and deprecating the less-flexible Feather format / metadata.