Paul Balanca created ARROW-8010: ----------------------------------- Summary: [Python] Fixed size list not convertible to Numpy Array Key: ARROW-8010 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-8010 Project: Apache Arrow Issue Type: Improvement Components: Python Affects Versions: 0.16.0 Environment: Ubuntu 19.10 + python 3.7 Reporter: Paul Balanca
Fixed size list of base types (i.e. int, float, ...) are not convertible to Numpy array. The following code: {code:java} t = pa.list_(pa.float32(), 2) arr = pa.array([[1, 2], [3, 4], [5, 6]], type=t) arr.to_numpy(){code} raises a not implemented Arrow error as there is no Pandas block equivalent. It sounds reasonable that the conversion to Pandas fails, but I would expect a natural conversion to Numpy Array, as according to the Fixed Size List Layout ([https://arrow.apache.org/docs/format/Columnar.html#]), the former could be mapped to a 2-dimensional row major matrix (e.g. 3x2 in the previous example). This form of memory representation is quite natural if ones wants to use Apache Arrow for in-memory collection of 2D/3D points, where we wish to have coordinates contiguous in memory. -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.3.4#803005)