[ARROW-1168] [Python] pandas metadata may contain "mixed" data types

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.5.0
• Component/s: Python
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/16839
• Assignee: Phillip Cloud
• Reporter: Wes McKinney
• Created: 29/Jun/17 19:23
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:13
• Resolved: 10/Jul/17 21:25

Description

cc cpcloud – see schema in ARROW-1167. If infer_dtype returns "mixed" then it will pass through https://github.com/apache/arrow/blob/master/python/pyarrow/pandas_compat.py#L42