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Wes McKinney commented on ARROW-1633: ------------------------------------- Makes sense. I moved this back to 0.8.0; I think we should be able to reach some sensible resolution in the next few weeks. > [Python] numpy "unicode" arrays not understood > ---------------------------------------------- > > Key: ARROW-1633 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-1633 > Project: Apache Arrow > Issue Type: Bug > Affects Versions: 0.7.0 > Reporter: Nick White > Fix For: 0.8.0 > > > {code} > import numpy as np > pa.StringArray.from_pandas(np.empty(1, np.unicode)) > {code} > Throws: > {noformat} > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ArrowNotImplementedError Traceback (most recent call last) > <ipython-input-68-f9bc946f2c0a> in <module>() > 1 import numpy as np > ----> 2 pa.StringArray.from_pandas(np.empty(1, np.unicode)) > array.pxi in pyarrow.lib.Array.from_pandas() > error.pxi in pyarrow.lib.check_status() > ArrowNotImplementedError: Unsupported numpy type 19 > {noformat} > np.object arrays work, though... -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.14#64029)