[Ruby] Add builder API for red-arrow-format
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Description
### Describe the enhancement requested
red-arrow-format is a pure Ruby Apache Arrow reader/writer implementation. It can write Apache Arrow IPC file/streaming format data but users need to build Apache Arrow in-memory layout data by themselves. For example, `[1, 2, 3].pack("l") + padding` for int32 array. It's inconvenient. We should provide builder API for easy to build Apache Arrow in-memory layout data.
### Component(s)
Ruby
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Research direction
The issue identifies red-arrow-format's pure Ruby reader/writer and existing Apache Arrow IPC file and streaming support, but no files or tests. Start by locating that Ruby implementation and reviewing how callers currently construct in-memory layouts. Done should mean a defined builder API with tests showing that it produces the required Apache Arrow in-memory layout data without manual packing and padding.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- ruby
- Domain
- data-engineering
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100