pitrou commented on issue #37504: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/37504#issuecomment-1967182003
> > Are we sure a blocking API like this would be palatable? > > Are you referring to the fact they would have to acquire the GIL to call these methods? Or something else? No, to the fact that these functions are synchronous. > Ideally all these methods are brief. I'm not sure. `get_partitions` will typically have to walk a filesystem, which can be long-ish especially on large datasets or remote filesystems. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
