Union.typeIds is poorly documented and the corresponding property in UnionType is confusingly named type_codes. In particular, Layout.rst doesn't include an explanation of Union.typeIds and implies that an element of a union array's type_ids buffer is always the index of a child array.
Reporter: Ben Kietzman / @bkietz
Note: This issue was originally created as ARROW-5933. Please see the migration documentation for further details.
Union.typeIds is poorly documented and the corresponding property in UnionType is confusingly named type_codes. In particular, Layout.rst doesn't include an explanation of Union.typeIds and implies that an element of a union array's type_ids buffer is always the index of a child array.
Reporter: Ben Kietzman / @bkietz
Note: This issue was originally created as ARROW-5933. Please see the migration documentation for further details.