[ARROW-2253] [Python] Support __eq__ on scalar values

• 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/18212
• Assignee: Uwe Korn
• Reporter: Uwe Korn
• Created: 04/Mar/18 19:08
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:19
• Resolved: 05/Mar/18 08:27

Description

Support a generic _eq_ method the ArrayValue class. We might want to specialise it in the future in C++ to avoid some copies but as a first attempt delegate the comparison to the Python types.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #1695