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Wes McKinney commented on ARROW-488:
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This could be implemented as a standalone function in the new kernels framework
> [Python] Implement conversion between integer coded as floating points with
> NaN to an Arrow integer type
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> Key: ARROW-488
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-488
> Project: Apache Arrow
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Components: Python
> Reporter: Wes McKinney
> Priority: Major
> Labels: Analytics
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> For example: if pandas has casted integer data to float, this would enable
> the integer data to be recovered (so long as the values fall in the ~2^53
> floating point range for exact integer representation)
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