[Python] cast doesn't work for structure in pyarrow
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Description
### Describe the bug, including details regarding any error messages, version, and platform.
these are the links for the C++ issue that was solved and closed.
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-1888
https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/17882
please do the same for python:
>> import pyarrow as pa
>> pa.__version__
'12.0.0
>> pa_bytes = pa_result.cast(target_type=pa.uint8())
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
File "pyarrow/array.pxi", line 935, in pyarrow.lib.Array.cast
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pyarrow/compute.py", line 400, in cast
return call_function("cast", [arr], options, memory_pool)
File "pyarrow/_compute.pyx", line 572, in pyarrow._compute.call_function
File "pyarrow/_compute.pyx", line 367, in pyarrow._compute.Function.call
File "pyarrow/error.pxi", line 144, in pyarrow.lib.pyarrow_internal_check_status
File "pyarrow/error.pxi", line 121, in pyarrow.lib.check_status
pyarrow.lib.ArrowNotImplementedError: Unsupported cast from struct to uint8 using function cast_uint8
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Research direction
Start at the Python Array.cast entry point in pyarrow/array.pxi and follow the cast path through pyarrow/compute.py and pyarrow/_compute.pyx. Compare the behavior with ARROW-1888 and GitHub issue 17882, then verify that the reproduced struct to uint8 cast no longer raises ArrowNotImplementedError.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- data
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100