Thanks for addressing my comments. I'm actively reviewing the proposal. It is taking me more time than I would like given the time of the year but I want to make sure that you know that I'm looking at it and hope to provide additional feedback beyond that which I've provided thus far on the PR. Will update soon.
Thanks for your patience. On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 11:16 AM Antoine Pitrou <solip...@pitrou.net> wrote: > > Hello, > > Following Jacques's feedback, I drafted a new version of the C data > interface spec. > > The spec PR is here: > https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/6040 > Direct link to the RST file: > > https://github.com/apache/arrow/blob/5d8669d371401f9db12326b079e13c0058ba972b/docs/source/format/CDataInterface.rst > > There is also a C++ implementation, together with a Python <-> R > bridge demonstrating the functionality: > https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/6026 > > The main change from the previous spec is that there are now two C > structures; one for the type or schema information, one for the > array or record batch data. This allows exchanging both kinds of > information independently (and so, potentially, to exchange schema once > and then multiple arrays or record batches). > > Comments and questions welcome. > > Regards > > Antoine. > > >
