[ARROW-3592] [Python] Get BinaryArray value as zero copy memory view

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.12.0
• Component/s: Python
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/19904
• Assignee: Antoine Pitrou
• Reporter: Wes McKinney
• Created: 23/Oct/18 08:36
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:28
• Resolved: 29/Oct/18 21:51

Description

If users are embedding other data structures in a BinaryArray, they cannot access these values in Python without copying

see https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7c70a1f84a65c0b10cfb84d0b113c85cbed878937087d6676776b465@%3Cdev.arrow.apache.org%3E

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #2866