Buffer-class function

Buffer class

A Buffer is an object containing a pointer to a piece of contiguous memory with a particular size. class

Factory

buffer() lets you create an arrow::Buffer from an R object

Methods

• $is_mutable : is this buffer mutable?
• $ZeroPadding() : zero bytes in padding, i.e. bytes between size and capacity
• $size : size in memory, in bytes
• $capacity: possible capacity, in bytes

Examples

my_buffer <- buffer(c(1, 2, 3, 4))
my_buffer$is_mutable
my_buffer$ZeroPadding()
my_buffer$size
my_buffer$capacity