[jira] [Created] (ARROW-439) [Python] Add option in "to_pandas" conversions to yield Categorical from String/Binary arrays

[Wes McKinney (JIRA)]

Wes McKinney created ARROW-439:
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             Summary: [Python] Add option in "to_pandas" conversions to yield 
Categorical from String/Binary arrays
                 Key: ARROW-439
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-439
             Project: Apache Arrow
          Issue Type: New Feature
          Components: Python
            Reporter: Wes McKinney


This will depend on bringing in general dictionary encoding / hashing machinery



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