This is provided for in the metadata
https://github.com/apache/arrow/blob/master/format/Message.fbs#L85
and we have implemented it in C++/Python. In JSON, we may need to use strings if there are numerical precision issues
Reporter: Wes McKinney / @wesm
Assignee: Jingyuan Wang / @alphalfalfa
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Note: This issue was originally created as ARROW-477. Please see the migration documentation for further details.