It improves performance. **Reporter**: [Kouhei Sutou](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-1548) / @kou **Assignee**: [Kouhei Sutou](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-1548) / @kou #### PRs and other links: - [GitHub Pull Request #1110](https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/1110) <sub>**Note**: *This issue was originally created as [ARROW-1548](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-1548). Please see the [migration documentation](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/14542) for further details.*</sub>