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Joris Van den Bossche edited comment on ARROW-11120 at 1/6/21, 9:36 AM: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I assume it is something that belongs in rpy2 itself (or an extension of it), and not pyarrow? (as long as we consider {{_export_to_c}} public, the POC (https://github.com/rpy2/rpy2-arrow/blob/main/rpy2_arrow/sexpextptr.py) is only using public APIs, and it seems no additional APIs are needed on the pyarrow side to make this possible) was (Author: jorisvandenbossche): I assume it is something that belongs in rpy2 itself (or an extension of it), and not pyarrow? (as long as we consider {{_export_to_c}} public, the POC (https://github.com/rpy2/rpy2-arrow/blob/main/rpy2_arrow/sexpextptr.py) is only using public APIs) > [Python][R] Prove out plumbing to pass data between Python and R using rpy2 > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: ARROW-11120 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-11120 > Project: Apache Arrow > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: Python, R > Reporter: Wes McKinney > Priority: Major > > Per discussion on the mailing list, we should see what is required (if > anything) to be able to pass data structures using the C interface between > Python and R from the perspective of the Python user using rpy2. rpy2 is sort > of the Python version of reticulate. Unit tests will then validate that it's > working -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.3.4#803005)