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ASF GitHub Bot commented on ARROW-1684:
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Github user wesm commented on the issue:
https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/1207
If you pass `a.list.item` instead of `a` it should work. I opened
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-1684 ARROW-1684 about improving the
usability of this API for nested columns
> [Python] Simplify user API for reading nested Parquet columns
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> Key: ARROW-1684
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-1684
> Project: Apache Arrow
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Python
> Affects Versions: 0.7.1
> Reporter: Wes McKinney
> Labels: pull-request-available
> Fix For: 0.8.0
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> It is not necessarily intuitive for users to have to specify the complete
> path to the leaf in the Parquet schema. See
> https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/1207
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