[ARROW-9272] [C++][Python] Reduce complexity in python to arrow conversion

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.0.0
• Component/s: C++, Python
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/25367
• Assignee: Krisztian Szucs
• Reporter: Krisztian Szucs
• Created: 29/Jun/20 22:25
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 08:05
• Resolved: 01/Jul/20 02:11

Description

The original motivation for this patch was to reuse the same conversions path for both the scalars and arrays.

In my recent patch the scalars are converted from a single element list to a single element array then copied out from it.

On the long term we should convert them directly, perhaps with a more generic converter API, until that this patch aims to reduce code complexity without introducing any regressions.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #7584