neilechao opened a new issue, #45937: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/45937
### Describe the enhancement requested Variant encoding spec: https://github.com/apache/parquet-format/blob/d784f11f4485e64fdeaa614e0bde125f5132093d/VariantEncoding.md Variant shredding spec: https://github.com/apache/parquet-format/blob/d784f11f4485e64fdeaa614e0bde125f5132093d/VariantShredding.md Loose order of steps: 1. Logical type definition 2. Decoding once parquet_testing includes variant examples 3. Encoding 4. Shredding variant representation ### Component(s) C++ -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@arrow.apache.org.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org