Miscellaneous

Multi-Threading

cpu_count() Return the number of threads to use in parallel operations.
set_cpu_count(int count) Set the number of threads to use in parallel operations.

Using with C extensions

get_include() Return absolute path to directory containing Arrow C++ include headers.
get_libraries() Return list of library names to include in the libraries argument for C or Cython extensions using pyarrow
get_library_dirs() Return lists of directories likely to contain Arrow C++ libraries for linking C or Cython extensions using pyarrow