[ARROW-1437] [Python] pa.Array.from_pandas segfaults when given a mixed-type array

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: 0.5.0, 0.6.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.7.0
• Component/s: Python
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/17460
• Assignee: Phillip Cloud
• Reporter: Dima Ryazanov
• Created: 30/Aug/17 21:21
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:14
• Resolved: 30/Aug/17 22:11

Description

Array.from_pandas crashes when given an array with mixed types - ints and strings, ints and floats, etc.

Example:

{{
import numpy as np
import pyarrow as pa

x = np.array([0, 0.5], dtype=object)
pa.Array.from_pandas
}}