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Wes McKinney commented on ARROW-6416:
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> [Python] Confusing API & documentation regarding chunksizes
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> Key: ARROW-6416
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-6416
> Project: Apache Arrow
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Python
> Reporter: ARF
> Assignee: ARF
> Priority: Minor
> Labels: pull-request-available
> Time Spent: 20m
> Remaining Estimate: 0h
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> The python API and documentation regarding chunksizes is confusing in my
> opinion.
> Example:
> [https://arrow.apache.org/docs/python/generated/pyarrow.RecordBatchFileWriter.html#pyarrow.RecordBatchFileWriter.write_table]
> {color:#0000ff}def{color}
> {color:#795e26}write_table{color}{color:#000000}({color}{color:#001080}self{color}{color:#000000},
> Table {color}{color:#001080}table{color}{color:#000000},
> {color}{color:#001080}chunksize{color}{color:#000000}={color}{color:#0000ff}None{color}{color:#000000}):{color}
> {color:#a31515}"""{color}
> {color:#a31515} Write RecordBatch to stream{color}
> {color:#a31515} Parameters{color}
> {color:#a31515} ----------{color}
> {color:#a31515} batch : RecordBatch{color}
>
> This suggests, the file will be written with a fixed chunk size when in fact
> the {{chunksize}} parameter is an upper bound on the size of the chunks to be
> written.
> In my opinion this parameter should be renamed {{max_chunksize}} to avoid
> confusion and reflect its true purpose.
> This would also improve naming consistency in the code base, since in the C++
> implementation this parameter is already named {{max_chunksize}} in
> {{cpp/source/arrow/ipc/writer.cc}}:
> {color:#000000}Status
> {color}{color:#267f99}RecordBatchWriter{color}{color:#000000}::{color}{color:#795e26}WriteTable{color}{color:#000000}({color}{color:#0000ff}const{color}{color:#000000}
> Table{color}{color:#000000}&{color}{color:#001080}
> table{color}{color:#000000}, {color}{color:#0000ff}int64_t{color}
> {color:#001080}max_chunksize{color}{color:#000000}){color}
> Similarly, the parameter should be renamed in
> {{pyarrow.Table.to_batches(self, chunksize=None)}}.
>
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