[R] Require Table columns to be same length

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An error is thrown if the user attempts to create a RecordBatch with different length arrays:

> arrow::record_batch(a=1:5, b = 42)
Error: Invalid: All arrays must have the same length 

But no error is thrown if the user attempts to create a Table with different length columns. Instead we get garbage in the table:

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 

Change the behavior for Table creation to match the current behavior of RecordBatch creation.

Reporter: Ian Cook / @ianmcook
Assignee: Ian Cook / @ianmcook

Related issues:

• [R] Support scalar value recycling in RecordBatch/Table$create() (is related to)

PRs and other links:

• GitHub Pull Request #9851

_{Note: This issue was originally created as ARROW-12155. Please see the migration documentation for further details.}

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Neal Richardson / @nealrichardson:
Issue resolved by pull request 9851
#9851