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Support "Sparse" and "Dense" vector typed columns in the DataFrame  #5690

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@pgovind

Result of feedback:
"In machine learnig, having the possbility to store sparse columns is really helpful instead of getting dense data which may use an incredible amount of memory."

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  1. self-assigned this
    on Jul 29, 2019
  2. transferred this issue fromdotnet/corefxlabon Mar 6, 2021
  3. rosebyte commented on Sep 3, 2026

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    VBufferDataFrameColumn<T> now represents both sparse and dense vectors without forcing sparse values into dense arrays.

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