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ASF GitHub Bot commented on ARROW-2101:
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xhochy commented on issue #1886: ARROW-2101: [Python/C++] Correctly convert
numpy arrays of bytes to arrow arrays of strings when user specifies arrow type
of string
URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/1886#issuecomment-381388117
Not sure if there were more comment on it, but just want to iterate on
>> Also, this doesn't change anything for Python 2 if using 'str' objects
and the type is not specified, it will still create a BinaryArray, is this what
we want?
> Probably. Python 2 str objects are bytestrings just like Python 3 bytes
objects.
Yes this is definitely the indented behaviour. We had some discussion in the
past about it and stuck to the following when no type is specified:
```
str(PY2) / bytes(PY3) –> pa.binary
unicode(PY2) / str(PY3) –> pa.string
```
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> [Python] from_pandas reads 'str' type as binary Arrow data with Python 2
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>
> Key: ARROW-2101
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-2101
> Project: Apache Arrow
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: Python
> Affects Versions: 0.8.0
> Reporter: Bryan Cutler
> Assignee: Bryan Cutler
> Priority: Major
> Labels: pull-request-available
>
> Using Python 2, converting Pandas with 'str' data to Arrow results in Arrow
> data of binary type, even if the user supplies type information. conversion
> of 'unicode' type works to create Arrow data of string types. For example
> {code}
> In [25]: pa.Array.from_pandas(pd.Series(['a'])).type
> Out[25]: DataType(binary)
> In [26]: pa.Array.from_pandas(pd.Series(['a']), type=pa.string()).type
> Out[26]: DataType(binary)
> In [27]: pa.Array.from_pandas(pd.Series([u'a'])).type
> Out[27]: DataType(string)
> {code}
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