[Python] pa.Array.from_pandas segfaults when given a mixed-type array

[asfimport]

Array.from_pandas crashes when given an array with mixed types - ints and strings, ints and floats, etc.

Example:

{{
import numpy as np
import pyarrow as pa

x = np.array([0, 0.5], dtype=object)
pa.Array.from_pandas(x)
}}

Reporter: Dima Ryazanov / @dimaryaz
Assignee: Phillip Cloud / @cpcloud

_{Note: This issue was originally created as ARROW-1437. Please see the migration documentation for further details.}

[asfimport]

Wes McKinney / @wesm:
This has already been fixed in master (b36aab5). You can try out a nightly build on Linux with

conda install pyarrow -c twosigma

[asfimport]

Todd Farmer / @toddfarmer:
Transitioning issue from Resolved to Closed to based on resolution field value.