[ARROW-75] C++: Fix handling of empty strings

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.1.0
• Component/s: C++
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/15494
• Assignee: Dan Robinson
• Reporter: Dan Robinson
• Created: 22/Mar/16 15:12
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:07
• Resolved: 22/Mar/16 21:16

Description

If StringBuilder.Append() is given a byte array with length 0 (such as if a user calls pyarrow.from_pylist([""])), it segfaults.