pitrou commented on code in PR #50929:
URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/50929#discussion_r3902199514
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cpp/src/arrow/array/array_base.h:
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@@ -246,6 +248,15 @@ class ARROW_EXPORT Array {
/// \return const std::shared_ptr<ArrayStatistics>&
const std::shared_ptr<ArrayStatistics>& statistics() const { return
data_->statistics; }
+ /// \brief Create a Tensor from this Array
+ ///
+ /// When the data can reasonably be understood as a multidimensional numeric
Tensor,
+ /// return the data as such.
+ /// Examples include NumericArray, FixedShapeTensorArray, nested
FixedSizeListArray.
+ /// Nulls are ignored, leaving the output tensor with unspecified values
where this
+ /// array has null entries.
+ virtual Result<std::shared_ptr<Tensor>> ToTensor() const;
Review Comment:
Ok, and I see we also have `Table::ToTensor`. So perhaps that ship has
already sailed...
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