[ARROW-639] [C++] Invalid offset in slices

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.3.0
• Component/s: Python
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/16265
• Assignee: Miki Tebeka
• Reporter: Miki Tebeka
• Created: 16/Mar/17 10:23
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:10
• Resolved: 18/Mar/17 20:49

Description

The following code (slice.py)

import pyarrow as pa

arr = pa.from_pylist(['a', 'b', 'c'])
s = arr.slice(1, 10)
print('ok')
print(len(s))
print('ok')
print(s)
print('crash')

produces

$ python slice.py
ok
2
ok
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::length_error'
  what():  basic_string::_M_create
[1]    28401 abort (core dumped)  python slice.py
$