[ARROW-2150] [Python] array equality defaults to identity

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.8.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.9.0
• Component/s: Python
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/18117
• Assignee: Wes McKinney
• Reporter: Antoine Pitrou
• Created: 13/Feb/18 13:48
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:19
• Resolved: 09/Mar/18 15:17

Description

I'm not sure this is deliberate, but it doesn't look very desirable to me:

>>> pa.array([1,2,3], type=pa.int32()) == pa.array([1,2,3], type=pa.int32())
False

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #1729