[R] Use Converter API to convert SEXP to Array/ChunkedArray

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Reporter: Romain Francois / @romainfrancois
Assignee: Romain Francois / @romainfrancois

Related issues:

• [R] Add chunk_size to Table$create() (relates to)
• [R] Converter should be able to ingest part of an Array (relates to)
• [R] Multi-threaded conversion from R data.frame to Arrow table / record batch (relates to)
• [R] Implement RPrimitiveConverter for Decimal type (is related to)
• [R] Refactor R <-> Array conversion (is related to)

PRs and other links:

• GitHub Pull Request #8650

_{Note: This issue was originally created as ARROW-10570. Please see the migration documentation for further details.}

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Neal Richardson / @nealrichardson:
Issue resolved by pull request 8650
#8650