[ARROW-2024] [Python] Remove global SerializationContext variables

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.9.0
• Component/s: Python
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/18005
• Assignee: Robert Nishihara
• Reporter: Robert Nishihara
• Created: 24/Jan/18 04:14
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:18
• Resolved: 01/Feb/18 17:17

Description

We should get rid of the global variables {{_default_serialization_context}} and {{pandas_serialization_context}} and replace them with functions {{default_serialization_context()}} and {{pandas_serialization_context()}}.

This will also make it faster to do {{import pyarrow}}.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #1538