[ARROW-2252] [Python] Create buffer from address, size and base

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.9.0
• Component/s: Python
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/18211
• Assignee: Uwe Korn
• Reporter: Uwe Korn
• Created: 04/Mar/18 14:53
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:19
• Resolved: 05/Mar/18 04:26

Description

Given a memory address and a size, we should be able to construct an Arrow buffer from this. The additional base object will be used to hold a reference to the underlying, original buffer so that it does not go out of scope before the Arrow buffer.

Issue Links

• blocks: ARROW-2249 [Java/Python] in-process vector sharing from Java to Python
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #1693