**Reporter**: [Wes McKinney](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-459) / @wesm **Assignee**: [Wes McKinney](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-459) / @wesm #### Related issues: - [[C++] Implement dictionary-encoded array container](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/16075) (depends upon) <sub>**Note**: *This issue was originally created as [ARROW-459](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-459). Please see the [migration documentation](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/14542) for further details.*</sub>