Today String and Binary types are represented in memory as list [1]
and we use logical types to distinguish between a list of bytes and string
type [2].
The question of whether this is sufficient or if we should make a first
class string/binary type has come up tangentially on a few threads and w
I stringed together a set of installation instructions to help future
Python developers.
The PR is here https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/105
On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 2:28 PM, Wes McKinney wrote:
> You can look at the Travis CI scripts to see the build procedure for
> each component:
>
> https
Manoj Kumar created ARROW-240:
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Summary: Installation instructions for pyarrow
Key: ARROW-240
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-240
Project: Apache Arrow
Issue Type: Improvement
Thanks Jacques.
I'm ok dropping the fixed width proposal for now and revisiting it at
a later point. I'll start a thread later today to break off the
discussion on adding string/binary as a primitive type.
-Micah
On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 7:49 AM, Jacques Nadeau wrote:
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> On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 a
Hey Kiril,
I think our biggest issues on the java side right now are a sample
application, some getting started documentation and better tests. It would
also be helpful if you could review the changes that Steven posted about
cleaning up some of the interfaces. See this pr:
https://github.com/apa
On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 10:42 PM, Micah Kornfield
wrote:
> Two questions come to mind.
> 1. Is it useful to have fixed width with list types exclusive of
> binary types?
>
I think "useful" isn't a strong enough reason to add more types. It seems
like a fairly rare occurrence and thus a prematur
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