[jira] [Created] (ARROW-7) Add Python library build toolchain

["Wes McKinney (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Wes McKinney created ARROW-7:
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             Summary: Add Python library build toolchain
                 Key: ARROW-7
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-7
             Project: Apache Arrow
          Issue Type: New Feature
            Reporter: Wes McKinney
            Assignee: Wes McKinney


I will be working on a patch to make the initial Arrow C++ {{libarrow.so}} library callable from Cython (http://cython.org/) extensions. For the uninitiated, Cython is the modern "gold standard" for interoperability with C++ libraries. I have used it recently to create Kudu's Python client (https://github.com/apache/incubator-kudu/tree/master/python/kudu).

A significant amount of Python "glue code" will be needed to interoperate with pandas, NumPy, and other standard Python libraries (in addition to Python's built-in scalar data types), but these will be the subject of many follow up JIRAs.



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