[ARROW-4766] [C++] Casting empty boolean array causes segfault

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.12.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.13.0
• Component/s: C++
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/21285
• Assignee: Francois Saint-Jacques
• Reporter: Keith Kraus
• Created: 04/Mar/19 20:03
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:36
• Resolved: 06/Mar/19 01:33

Description

Reproducer:

import pyarrow as pa

test = pa.array([], type=pa.bool_())
test2 = test.cast(pa.int8())

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #3815