[R] Support scalar value recycling in RecordBatch/Table$create()

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Compare:

> tibble::tibble(a=1:5, b = 42)
# A tibble: 5 x 2
 a b
 <int> <dbl>
1 1 42
2 2 42
3 3 42
4 4 42
5 5 42
> arrow::record_batch(a=1:5, b = 42)
Error: Invalid: All arrays must have the same length

Reporter: Neal Richardson / @nealrichardson
Assignee: Nicola Crane / @thisisnic

Related issues:

• [R] Require Table columns to be same length (relates to)
• [C++] Support for scalar value recycling in RecordBatch/Table creation (is related to)

PRs and other links:

• GitHub Pull Request #10269

_{Note: This issue was originally created as ARROW-11705. Please see the migration documentation for further details.}

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Ian Cook / @ianmcook:
FYI if you use Table$create it does not error but gives garbage in the 2nd... Nth rows 

Table$create(a=1:5, b = 42) %>% collect()
# A tibble: 5 x 2
 a b
 <int> <dbl>
1 1 4.20e+ 1
2 2 6.94e-310
3 3 6.94e-310
4 4 6.94e-310
5 5 6.94e-310 

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Neal Richardson / @nealrichardson:
Even worse!

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Ian Cook / @ianmcook:
Table$create now errors instead of returning garbage data (ARROW-12155)

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Neal Richardson / @nealrichardson:
Issue resolved by pull request 10269
#10269