Uwe Korn created ARROW-9407:
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Summary: [Python] Accept pd.NA as missing value in array
constructor
Key: ARROW-9407
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-9407
Project: Apache Arrow
Issue Type: New Feature
Components: Python
Reporter: Uwe Korn
Fix For: 2.0.0
Currently we don't support using {{pandas.NA}} at all:
{code}
In [1]: import pyarrow as pa
In [2]: import pandas as pd
In [3]: pa.array([pd.NA, "A"])
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ArrowInvalid Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-3-77e774fa8521> in <module>
----> 1 pa.array([pd.NA, "A"])
~/miniconda3/envs/fletcher/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pyarrow/array.pxi in
pyarrow.lib.array()
~/miniconda3/envs/fletcher/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pyarrow/array.pxi in
pyarrow.lib._sequence_to_array()
~/miniconda3/envs/fletcher/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pyarrow/error.pxi in
pyarrow.lib.check_status()
ArrowInvalid: Could not convert <NA> with type NAType: did not recognize Python
value type when inferring an Arrow data type
{code}
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