[jira] [Created] (ARROW-1225) [Python] pyarrow.array does not attempt to convert bytes to UTF8 when passed a StringType

[Wes McKinney (JIRA)]

Wes McKinney created ARROW-1225:
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             Summary: [Python] pyarrow.array does not attempt to convert bytes 
to UTF8 when passed a StringType
                 Key: ARROW-1225
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-1225
             Project: Apache Arrow
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: Python
            Reporter: Wes McKinney
             Fix For: 0.6.0


This code works in py3 but fails in py2.7

{code}
import pyarrow as pa
pa.array(['a', 'b', 'c'], type=pa.string())
{code}



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