[ARROW-468] Python: Conversion of nested data in pd.DataFrames to/from Arrow structures

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.2.0
• Component/s: Python
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/16112
• Assignee: Uwe Korn
• Reporter: Uwe Korn
• Created: 09/Jan/17 18:52
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:08
• Resolved: 18/Jan/17 23:28

Description

Add the support for "nested" columns between Pandas and Arrow, explicitly columns that consist of lists of varying length. As determining the schema here is even more complex, the user should provide the schema for the Pandas->Arrow conversion.