[ARROW-14043] [Python] Add support for unsigned indexes in dictionary array?

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 6.0.0
• Component/s: Python
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/29640
• Assignee: Joris Van den Bossche
• Reporter: Jorge Leitão
• Created: 20/Sep/21 16:10
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 08:37
• Resolved: 21/Sep/21 16:19

Description

I.e.

import pyarrow as pa
pa.dictionary(pa.uint32(), pa.utf8())

it would be nice to have.

Related issue: https://github.com/pola-rs/polars/issues/1308

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #11196