viirya commented on code in PR #50430:
URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/50430#discussion_r3639982715


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python/pyarrow/array.pxi:
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@@ -3618,18 +3611,49 @@ cdef class MapArray(ListArray):
     Concrete class for Arrow arrays of a map data type.
     """
 
-    cdef object _getitem_py(self, int64_t i):
+    cdef object _getitem_py(self, int64_t i, object maps_as_pydicts):
         cdef CListArray* arr = <CListArray*> self.ap
+        cdef bint as_dicts = maps_as_pydicts is not None
+        if as_dicts and maps_as_pydicts != "lossy" and maps_as_pydicts != 
"strict":
+            # Matches MapScalar.as_py, which validates before the null check.
+            raise ValueError(
+                "Invalid value for 'maps_as_pydicts': "
+                + "valid values are 'lossy', 'strict' or `None` (default). "
+                + f"Received {maps_as_pydicts!r}."
+            )
         if arr.IsNull(i):
             return None
         if self._children_cache is None:
             self._children_cache = (self.keys, self.items)
         cdef Array keys = <Array> (<tuple> self._children_cache)[0]
         cdef Array items = <Array> (<tuple> self._children_cache)[1]
         cdef int64_t j, start = arr.value_offset(i), end = arr.value_offset(i 
+ 1)
-        # Matches MapScalar.as_py with the default maps_as_pydicts=None:
-        # an association list of (key, value) tuples.
-        return [(keys._getitem_py(j), items._getitem_py(j)) for j in 
range(start, end)]
+        if not as_dicts:

Review Comment:
   Applied in 57e004dc54 — benchmarked both map paths after the change, no 
measurable difference (tuple path 0.493 s, lossy 0.126 s on the 1M-row case).



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