Cannot convert pd.DataFrame with complex128 cells to pa.Table

[asfimport]

Example:

 

import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
import pyarrow as pa

data = np.array([1 + 1j])
df = pd.DataFrame(data)
table = pa.Table.from_pandas(df)
print(table)

Throws the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "/Users/Henrikh/Desktop/tmp.py", line 7, in <module>
 table = pa.Table.from_pandas(df)
 File "pyarrow/table.pxi", line 1553, in pyarrow.lib.Table.from_pandas
 File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pyarrow/pandas_compat.py", line 594, in dataframe_to_arrays
 arrays = [convert_column(c, f)
 File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pyarrow/pandas_compat.py", line 594, in <listcomp>
 arrays = [convert_column(c, f)
 File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pyarrow/pandas_compat.py", line 581, in convert_column
 raise e
 File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pyarrow/pandas_compat.py", line 575, in convert_column
 result = pa.array(col, type=type_, from_pandas=True, safe=safe)
 File "pyarrow/array.pxi", line 302, in pyarrow.lib.array
 File "pyarrow/array.pxi", line 79, in pyarrow.lib._ndarray_to_array
 File "pyarrow/array.pxi", line 67, in pyarrow.lib._ndarray_to_type
 File "pyarrow/error.pxi", line 118, in pyarrow.lib.check_status
pyarrow.lib.ArrowNotImplementedError: ('Unsupported numpy type 15', 'Conversion failed for column 0 with type complex128')

 

Reporter: Henrikh Kantuni

_{Note: This issue was originally created as ARROW-14268. Please see the migration documentation for further details.}