pitrou opened a new issue, #45653: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/45653
### Describe the enhancement requested To make PyArrow scalars easier to use with non-PyArrow functions, we should define appropriate methods and protocols for specific scalar subclasses. Examples: * integer scalars should implement `__int__` * floating-point scalars should implement `__float__` * binary scalars should implement [`__bytes__`](https://docs.python.org/3.13/reference/datamodel.html#object.__bytes__) and perhaps the [buffer protocol](https://docs.python.org/3.13/reference/datamodel.html#object.__buffer__) * list-like scalars could implement [`Sequence`](https://docs.python.org/3.13/library/collections.abc.html#collections.abc.Sequence) * map scalars could implement [`Mapping`](https://docs.python.org/3.13/library/collections.abc.html#collections.abc.Mapping) * struct scalars could implement both Sequence and Mapping (?) Note that some of this exists (unvoluntarily?) but is broken: ```python >>> a, b = pc.min_max([1,2,3]) >>> a # expecting 1 'min' >>> b # expecting 3 'max' ``` ### Component(s) Python -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@arrow.apache.org.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org
