Add comment to arrow_ui

emilk · emilk · commit b1561fc3c858 · 2025-09-02T12:29:33.000+02:00
diff --git a/crates/viewer/re_ui/src/arrow_ui.rs b/crates/viewer/re_ui/src/arrow_ui.rs
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ pub fn arrow_ui(ui: &mut egui::Ui, ui_layout: UiLayout, array: &dyn arrow::array
             return;
         }
 
+        // Special-case binary data (e.g. blobs).
+        // We don't want to show their contents (too slow, since they are usually huge),
+        // so we only show their size:
         if let Some(binaries) = array.downcast_array_ref::<BinaryArray>()
             && binaries.len() == 1
         {

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ pub fn arrow_ui(ui: &mut egui::Ui, ui_layout: UiLayout, array: &dyn arrow::array`
`41`	`41`	`return;`
`42`	`42`	`}`
`43`	`43`
	`44`	`+ // Special-case binary data (e.g. blobs).`
	`45`	`+ // We don't want to show their contents (too slow, since they are usually huge),`
	`46`	`+ // so we only show their size:`
`44`	`47`	`if let Some(binaries) = array.downcast_array_ref::<BinaryArray>()`
`45`	`48`	`&& binaries.len() == 1`
`46`	`49`	`{`