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Remove support for List types in bit_length kernel#9350

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Remove support for List types in bit_length kernel#9350
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Which issue does this PR close?

Rationale for this change

bit_length for List/LargeList multiplies element count by 8, which is semantically wrong since elements can be arbitrary types.

What changes are included in this PR?

remove the existing List/LargeList support for bit_length

Are these changes tested?

YES

Are there any user-facing changes?

NO

@github-actions github-actions Bot added the arrow Changes to the arrow crate label Feb 4, 2026
@Jefffrey Jefffrey added the api-change Changes to the arrow API label Feb 4, 2026
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Jefffrey commented Feb 4, 2026

Not sure if this is significant enough to be considered a breaking change; I'll mark it so to be safe 🤔

@alamb alamb merged commit 81ee7e8 into apache:main Feb 5, 2026
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alamb commented Feb 5, 2026

Thanks @codephage2020 and @Jefffrey

@codephage2020 codephage2020 deleted the issue-9349 branch February 6, 2026 00:50
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Remove support for List types in bit_length kernel

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