[ARROW-6379] [C++] Do not append any buffers when serializing NullType for IPC

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.15.0
• Component/s: C++
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/16865
• Assignee: Wes McKinney
• Reporter: Wes McKinney
• Created: 28/Aug/19 18:14
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:46
• Resolved: 20/Sep/19 15:47

Description

Currently we send a length-0 buffer. It would be better to not include any buffers.

Issue Links

• is related to: ARROW-6643 [C#] Write no IPC buffer metadata for NullType
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #5287