[ARROW-3669] [Python] Convert big-endian numbers or raise error in pyarrow.array

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.11.1
• Fix Version/s: 0.13.0
• Component/s: Python
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Assignee: Antoine Pitrou
• Reporter: Maarten Breddels
• Created: 01/Nov/18 08:16
• Updated: 15/Feb/19 11:59
• Resolved: 15/Feb/19 11:58

Description

I've been playing around getting vaex to support arrow, and it's been going really well, except for some corner cases.

I expect

 

import numpy as np
import pyarrow as pa
np_array = np.arange(10, dtype='>f8')
pa.array(np_array)

To give an error, or show proper values, instead I get:

 

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #3648