jorisvandenbossche commented on code in PR #41904:
URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/41904#discussion_r1731352286
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python/pyarrow/tests/test_scalars.py:
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@@ -102,6 +100,37 @@ def test_basics(value, ty, klass, pickle_module):
assert wr() is None
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+def test_basics_np_required(pickle_module):
+ value, ty, klass = np.float16(1.0), pa.float16(), pa.HalfFloatScalar
+ s = pa.scalar(value, type=ty)
Review Comment:
And to answer my own question: because we cannot create a half float scalar
right now from a plain python float:
```
In [7]: pa.scalar(1.0, pa.float16())
...
ArrowTypeError: Expected np.float16 instance
```
OK, you can ignore my comment here ;)
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