Pass through strings using arrow::buffer under the hood

crates/re_data_ui/src/annotation_context.rs

@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ fn class_description_ui(ui: &mut egui::Ui, class: &ClassDescription, id: ClassId
                                             .and_then(|info| info.label.as_ref())
                                             .map_or_else(
                                                 || format!("id {id:?}"),
-                                                |label| label.0.clone(),
+                                                |label| label.0.as_str().to_owned(),
                                             ),
                                     );
                                 });

crates/re_space_view_spatial/src/parts/arrows3d.rs

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ impl Arrows3DPart {
         .filter_map(
             move |(annotation_info, vector, origin, label, color, labeled_instance)| {
                 let origin = origin.unwrap_or_default();
-                let label = annotation_info.label(label.map(|l| l.0).as_ref());
+                let label = annotation_info.label(label.as_ref().map(|l| l.as_str()));
                 match (vector, label) {
                     (vector, Some(label)) => {
                         let midpoint =

crates/re_space_view_spatial/src/parts/boxes2d.rs

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ impl Boxes2DPart {
                 let color =
                     annotation_info.color(color.map(move |c| c.to_array()).as_ref(), default_color);
                 let radius = radius.map_or(Size::AUTO, |r| Size::new_scene(r.0));
-                let label = annotation_info.label(label.map(|l| l.0).as_ref());
+                let label = annotation_info.label(label.as_ref().map(|l| l.as_str()));
 
                 self.0.extend_bounding_box(
                     macaw::BoundingBox {

crates/re_space_view_spatial/src/parts/boxes3d.rs

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ impl Boxes3DPart {
                 box_lines.outline_mask_ids(*outline_mask_ids);
             }
 
-            if let Some(label) = annotation_info.label(label.as_ref().map(|s| &s.0)) {
+            if let Some(label) = annotation_info.label(label.as_ref().map(|s| s.as_str())) {
                 self.0.ui_labels.push(UiLabel {
                     text: label,
                     target: UiLabelTarget::Position3D(

crates/re_space_view_spatial/src/parts/points2d.rs

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ impl Points2DPart {
         )
         .filter_map(
             move |(annotation_info, point, label, color, labeled_instance)| {
-                let label = annotation_info.label(label.map(|l| l.0).as_ref());
+                let label = annotation_info.label(label.as_ref().map(|l| l.as_str()));
                 match (point, label) {
                     (point, Some(label)) => Some(UiLabel {
                         text: label,

crates/re_space_view_spatial/src/parts/points3d.rs

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ impl Points3DPart {
         )
         .filter_map(
             move |(annotation_info, point, label, color, labeled_instance)| {
-                let label = annotation_info.label(label.map(|l| l.0).as_ref());
+                let label = annotation_info.label(label.as_ref().map(|l| l.as_str()));
                 match (point, label) {
                     (point, Some(label)) => Some(UiLabel {
                         text: label,

crates/re_space_view_time_series/src/view_part_system.rs

@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ impl TimeSeriesSystem {
                         // TODO(andreas): Support entity path
                         let color = annotation_info
                             .color(color.map(|c| c.to_array()).as_ref(), default_color);
-                        let label = annotation_info.label(label.map(|l| l.into()).as_ref());
+                        let label = annotation_info.label(label.as_ref().map(|l| l.as_str()));
 
                         const DEFAULT_RADIUS: f32 = 0.75;
 

crates/re_types/definitions/rerun/archetypes/text_entry.fbs

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ namespace rerun.archetypes;
 /// \rs \include:../../../../../docs/code-examples/transform3d_simple_v2.rs
 /// \rs ```
 table TextEntry (
-  "attr.rust.derive": "PartialEq",
+  "attr.rust.derive": "PartialEq, Eq",
   order: 100
 ) {
   bodies: [rerun.components.Body] ("attr.rerun.component_required", required, order: 1000);

crates/re_types/src/arrow_adapter.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+use arrow2::buffer::Buffer;
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default)]
+pub struct ArrowString(pub Buffer<u8>);
+
+impl PartialEq for ArrowString {
+    fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
+        self.as_str() == other.as_str()
+    }
+}
+
+impl Eq for ArrowString {}
+
+impl PartialOrd for ArrowString {
+    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Option<std::cmp::Ordering> {
+        self.as_str().partial_cmp(other.as_str())
+    }
+}
+
+impl Ord for ArrowString {
+    fn cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> std::cmp::Ordering {
+        self.as_str().cmp(other.as_str())
+    }
+}
+
+impl ArrowString {
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn as_str(&self) -> &str {
+        std::str::from_utf8(self.0.as_ref()).unwrap()
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<String> for ArrowString {
+    #[inline]
+    fn from(value: String) -> Self {
+        Self(value.as_bytes().to_vec().into())
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<&str> for ArrowString {
+    #[inline]
+    fn from(value: &str) -> Self {
+        Self(value.as_bytes().to_vec().into())
+    }
+}

crates/re_types/src/components/body_ext.rs

@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ impl Body {
 impl From<String> for Body {
     #[inline]
     fn from(value: String) -> Self {
-        Self(value)
+        Self(value.into())
     }
 }
 
 impl From<&str> for Body {
     #[inline]
     fn from(value: &str) -> Self {
-        Self(value.to_owned())
+        Self(value.into())
     }
 }

crates/re_types/src/components/label_ext.rs

@@ -10,21 +10,21 @@ impl Label {
 impl From<String> for Label {
     #[inline]
     fn from(value: String) -> Self {
-        Self(value)
+        Self(value.into())
     }
 }
 
 impl From<&str> for Label {
     #[inline]
     fn from(value: &str) -> Self {
-        Self(value.to_owned())
+        Self(value.into())
     }
 }
 
 impl From<Label> for String {
     #[inline]
     fn from(value: Label) -> Self {
-        value.0
+        value.as_str().to_owned()
     }
 }
 

crates/re_types/src/components/level_ext.rs

@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ impl Level {
 impl From<String> for Level {
     #[inline]
     fn from(value: String) -> Self {
-        Self(value)
+        Self(value.into())
     }
 }
 
 impl From<&str> for Level {
     #[inline]
     fn from(value: &str) -> Self {
-        Self(value.to_owned())
+        Self(value.into())
     }
 }