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GH-50172: [Doc][Format] Clarify that variadic buffers can also be null #50255

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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion docs/source/format/CDataInterface.rst
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Expand Up @@ -491,7 +491,8 @@ It has the following fields:
The buffer pointers MAY be null only in two situations:

1. for the null bitmap buffer, if :c:member:`ArrowArray.null_count` is 0;
2. for any buffer, if the size in bytes of the corresponding buffer would be 0.
2. for any buffer (including variadic buffers), if the size in bytes of the
corresponding buffer would be 0.

Buffers of children arrays are not included.

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