**Reporter**: [Wes McKinney](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-9248) / @wesm **Assignee**: [Wes McKinney](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-9248) / @wesm #### Related issues: - [[C++] [Python] Proposal for several Array utility functions](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/16913) (is related to) <sub>**Note**: *This issue was originally created as [ARROW-9248](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-9248). Please see the [migration documentation](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/14542) for further details.*</sub>