Use zero-copy C data interface in Parquet adapter #544
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We previously used the
Arrow IPC
interface in theParquetAdapter
to pass data fromPython
toC++
. This would result in the data getting serialized involving additional compute and data copy. We were not able to use the zero-copy interface before due to lack of a portable zero-copy method for arrow data.The
PyCapsule
interface, enables easy zero-copy movement of data through the stable C data interface. This PR resolves #212.This PR replaces the
IPC
transfer logic with thePyCapsule
interface to pass data fromPython
toC++
zero-copy.This also results in some performance improvements: