[ARROW-6455] [C++] Implement ExtensionType for non-UTF8 Unicode data

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Later
• Fix Version/s: 4.0.0
• Component/s: C++
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/22825
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Wes McKinney
• Created: 04/Sep/19 22:55
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:47
• Resolved: 20/Feb/21 20:44

Description

For use cases where it's OK to transport such data as binary (without transcoding to UTF-8)