jorisvandenbossche commented on code in PR #37797:
URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/37797#discussion_r1345636453
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python/pyarrow/types.pxi:
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@@ -357,6 +357,53 @@ cdef class DataType(_Weakrefable):
_as_c_pointer(in_ptr)))
return pyarrow_wrap_data_type(result)
+ def __arrow_c_schema__(self):
+ """
+ Export to a ArrowSchema PyCapsule
+
+ Unlike _export_to_c, this will not leak memory if the capsule is not
used.
+ """
+ cdef ArrowSchema* c_schema = <ArrowSchema*>malloc(sizeof(ArrowSchema))
+ with nogil:
+ check_status(ExportType(deref(self.type), c_schema))
+ return cpython.PyCapsule_New(c_schema, 'arrow_schema',
&pycapsule_schema_deleter)
Review Comment:
```suggestion
return PyCapsule_New(c_schema, 'arrow_schema',
&pycapsule_schema_deleter)
```
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