pyarrow.allocate_buffer

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

Allocate a mutable buffer.

Parameters

sizeint

Number of bytes to allocate (plus internal padding)

memory_poolMemoryPool, optional

The pool to allocate memory from. If not given, the default memory pool is used.

resizablebool, default False

If true, the returned buffer is resizable.

Returns

bufferBuffer or ResizableBuffer

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