pyarrow.allocate_buffer

pyarrow.allocate_buffer(int64_t size, MemoryPool memory_pool=None, resizable=False)

Allocate a mutable buffer.

Parameters:

• size (int) – Number of bytes to allocate (plus internal padding)
• memory_pool (MemoryPool, optional) – The pool to allocate memory from. If not given, the default memory pool is used.
• resizable (boolean, default False) – If true, the returned buffer is resizable.

Returns:

buffer (Buffer or ResizableBuffer)