[ARROW-2492] [Python] Prevent segfault on accidental call of pyarrow.Array

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.10.0
• Component/s: Python
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/18722
• Assignee: Uwe Korn
• Reporter: Uwe Korn
• Created: 21/Apr/18 20:13
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:21
• Resolved: 23/Apr/18 20:53

Description

If you mistype pyarrow.Array instead of pyarrow.array you get a segmentation fault on some functions. We should also take care of these segmentation faults but also should prevent the user from calling the constructor again in this fashion.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #1926