[ARROW-537] [C++] StringArray/BinaryArray comparisons may be incorrect when values with non-zero length are null

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.2.0
• Component/s: C++
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/16175
• Assignee: Wes McKinney
• Reporter: Wes McKinney
• Created: 06/Feb/17 16:17
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:09
• Resolved: 08/Feb/17 08:17

Description

see code review comments in https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/322

because we compare the entire data range without regards to nullness, this may compare null data segments which should be ignored

Issue Links

• blocks: ARROW-353 Arrow release 0.2