tswast opened a new issue, #50454: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/50454
### Describe the enhancement requested The built-in [numbers module](https://docs.python.org/3/library/numbers.html#module-numbers) provides abstract base classes for checking for various kinds of numbers. It would be helpful if pyarrow integer scalar values derived from these classes for more robust checks in code that might accept pyarrow values. ``` In [1]: import numpy as np In [2]: import numbers In [3]: isinstance(123, numbers.Integral) Out[3]: True In [6]: v = np.int64(123) In [7]: isinstance(v, numbers.Integral) Out[7]: True In [8]: isinstance(v, int) Out[8]: False In [9]: import pyarrow as pa In [10]: vv = pa.scalar(123) In [11]: vv Out[11]: <pyarrow.Int64Scalar: 123> In [13]: isinstance(vv, numbers.Integral) Out[13]: False ``` ### 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: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
