Improved rust docs and method visibility

arro3-core/python/arro3/core/_core.pyi

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from .types import (
 
 class Array:
     """An Arrow Array."""
+
     def __init__(self, obj: Sequence[Any], /, type: ArrowSchemaExportable) -> None:
         """Create arro3.core.Array instance from a sequence of Python objects.
 
@@ -109,8 +110,8 @@ class ArrayReader:
         This dunder method should not be called directly, but enables zero-copy data
         transfer to other Python libraries that understand Arrow memory.
 
-        For example, you can call [`pyarrow.table()`][pyarrow.table] to convert this
-        ArrayReader to a pyarrow table, without copying memory.
+        For example, you can call [`pyarrow.chunked_array()`][pyarrow.chunked_array] to
+        convert this ArrayReader to a pyarrow ChunkedArray, without copying memory.
         """
     def __iter__(self) -> ArrayReader: ...
     def __next__(self) -> Array: ...

mkdocs.yml

@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ plugins:
         python:
           paths: [arro3-compute/python, arro3-core/python, arro3-io/python]
           options:
+            # We set allow_inspection: false to ensure that all docstrings come
+            # from the pyi files, not the Rust-facing doc comments.
+            allow_inspection: false
             docstring_section_style: list
             docstring_style: google
             line_length: 80

pyo3-arrow/src/array.rs

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use arrow::datatypes::{
     UInt64Type, UInt8Type,
 };
 use arrow_array::{
-    make_array, Array, ArrayRef, BinaryArray, BinaryViewArray, BooleanArray, LargeBinaryArray,
+    Array, ArrayRef, BinaryArray, BinaryViewArray, BooleanArray, LargeBinaryArray,
     LargeStringArray, PrimitiveArray, StringArray, StringViewArray,
 };
 use arrow_schema::{ArrowError, DataType, Field, FieldRef};
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ use crate::interop::numpy::from_numpy::from_numpy;
 use crate::interop::numpy::to_numpy::to_numpy;
 use crate::{PyDataType, PyField};
 
+/// A Python-facing Arrow array.
+///
+/// This is a wrapper around an [ArrayRef] and a [FieldRef].
 #[pyclass(module = "arro3.core._core", name = "Array", subclass)]
 pub struct PyArray {
     array: ArrayRef,
@@ -52,11 +55,6 @@ impl PyArray {
         Ok(Self { array, field })
     }
 
-    pub fn from_array<A: Array>(array: A) -> Self {
-        let array = make_array(array.into_data());
-        Self::from_array_ref(array)
-    }
-
     /// Create a new PyArray from an [ArrayRef], inferring its data type automatically.
     pub fn from_array_ref(array: ArrayRef) -> Self {
         let field = Field::new("", array.data_type().clone(), true);
@@ -132,7 +130,7 @@ impl Display for PyArray {
 impl PyArray {
     #[new]
     #[pyo3(signature = (obj, /, r#type, *))]
-    pub fn init(py: Python, obj: PyObject, r#type: PyDataType) -> PyResult<Self> {
+    fn init(py: Python, obj: PyObject, r#type: PyDataType) -> PyResult<Self> {
         macro_rules! impl_primitive {
             ($rust_type:ty, $arrow_type:ty) => {{
                 let values: Vec<$rust_type> = obj.extract(py)?;
@@ -194,7 +192,7 @@ impl PyArray {
 
     #[pyo3(signature = (dtype=None, copy=None))]
     #[allow(unused_variables)]
-    pub fn __array__(
+    fn __array__(
         &self,
         py: Python,
         dtype: Option<PyObject>,
@@ -204,28 +202,28 @@ impl PyArray {
     }
 
     #[allow(unused_variables)]
-    pub fn __arrow_c_array__<'py>(
+    fn __arrow_c_array__<'py>(
         &'py self,
         py: Python<'py>,
         requested_schema: Option<Bound<PyCapsule>>,
     ) -> PyArrowResult<Bound<PyTuple>> {
         to_array_pycapsules(py, self.field.clone(), &self.array, requested_schema)
     }
 
-    pub fn __eq__(&self, other: &PyArray) -> bool {
+    fn __eq__(&self, other: &PyArray) -> bool {
         self.array.as_ref() == other.array.as_ref() && self.field == other.field
     }
 
-    pub fn __len__(&self) -> usize {
+    fn __len__(&self) -> usize {
         self.array.len()
     }
 
-    pub fn __repr__(&self) -> String {
+    fn __repr__(&self) -> String {
         self.to_string()
     }
 
     #[classmethod]
-    pub fn from_arrow(_cls: &Bound<PyType>, input: AnyArray) -> PyArrowResult<Self> {
+    fn from_arrow(_cls: &Bound<PyType>, input: AnyArray) -> PyArrowResult<Self> {
         match input {
             AnyArray::Array(array) => Ok(array),
             AnyArray::Stream(stream) => {
@@ -239,7 +237,7 @@ impl PyArray {
     }
 
     #[classmethod]
-    pub fn from_arrow_pycapsule(
+    pub(crate) fn from_arrow_pycapsule(
         _cls: &Bound<PyType>,
         schema_capsule: &Bound<PyCapsule>,
         array_capsule: &Bound<PyCapsule>,
@@ -249,7 +247,7 @@ impl PyArray {
     }
 
     #[classmethod]
-    pub fn from_numpy(
+    fn from_numpy(
         _cls: &Bound<PyType>,
         py: Python,
         array: Bound<'_, PyAny>,
@@ -282,7 +280,7 @@ impl PyArray {
     }
 
     #[pyo3(signature = (offset=0, length=None))]
-    pub fn slice(&self, py: Python, offset: usize, length: Option<usize>) -> PyResult<PyObject> {
+    fn slice(&self, py: Python, offset: usize, length: Option<usize>) -> PyResult<PyObject> {
         let length = length.unwrap_or_else(|| self.array.len() - offset);
         let new_array = self.array.slice(offset, length);
         PyArray::new(new_array, self.field().clone()).to_arro3(py)
@@ -293,12 +291,12 @@ impl PyArray {
         Ok(PyArray::new(new_array, self.field.clone()).to_arro3(py)?)
     }
 
-    pub fn to_numpy(&self, py: Python) -> PyResult<PyObject> {
+    fn to_numpy(&self, py: Python) -> PyResult<PyObject> {
         self.__array__(py, None, None)
     }
 
     #[getter]
-    pub fn r#type(&self, py: Python) -> PyResult<PyObject> {
+    fn r#type(&self, py: Python) -> PyResult<PyObject> {
         PyDataType::new(self.field.data_type().clone()).to_arro3(py)
     }
 }

pyo3-arrow/src/array_reader.rs

@@ -15,10 +15,14 @@ use crate::ffi::{ArrayIterator, ArrayReader};
 use crate::input::AnyArray;
 use crate::{PyArray, PyChunkedArray, PyField};
 
+/// A Python-facing Arrow array reader.
+///
+/// This is a wrapper around a [ArrayReader].
 #[pyclass(module = "arro3.core._core", name = "ArrayReader", subclass)]
 pub struct PyArrayReader(pub(crate) Option<Box<dyn ArrayReader + Send>>);
 
 impl PyArrayReader {
+    /// Construct a new [PyArrayReader] from an existing [ArrayReader].
     pub fn new(reader: Box<dyn ArrayReader + Send>) -> Self {
         Self(Some(reader))
     }
@@ -45,7 +49,7 @@ impl PyArrayReader {
         for array in stream {
             arrays.push(array?);
         }
-        Ok(PyChunkedArray::new(arrays, field))
+        Ok(PyChunkedArray::try_new(arrays, field)?)
     }
 
     /// Access the [FieldRef] of this ArrayReader.
@@ -100,7 +104,7 @@ impl Display for PyArrayReader {
 #[pymethods]
 impl PyArrayReader {
     #[allow(unused_variables)]
-    pub fn __arrow_c_stream__<'py>(
+    fn __arrow_c_stream__<'py>(
         &'py mut self,
         py: Python<'py>,
         requested_schema: Option<Bound<PyCapsule>>,
@@ -122,23 +126,23 @@ impl PyArrayReader {
         self.read_next_array(py)
     }
 
-    pub fn __repr__(&self) -> String {
+    fn __repr__(&self) -> String {
         self.to_string()
     }
 
     #[getter]
-    pub fn closed(&self) -> bool {
+    fn closed(&self) -> bool {
         self.0.is_none()
     }
 
     #[classmethod]
-    pub fn from_arrow(_cls: &Bound<PyType>, input: AnyArray) -> PyArrowResult<Self> {
+    fn from_arrow(_cls: &Bound<PyType>, input: AnyArray) -> PyArrowResult<Self> {
         let reader = input.into_reader()?;
         Ok(Self::new(reader))
     }
 
     #[classmethod]
-    pub fn from_arrow_pycapsule(
+    pub(crate) fn from_arrow_pycapsule(
         _cls: &Bound<PyType>,
         capsule: &Bound<PyCapsule>,
     ) -> PyResult<Self> {
@@ -149,7 +153,7 @@ impl PyArrayReader {
     }
 
     #[classmethod]
-    pub fn from_arrays(_cls: &Bound<PyType>, field: PyField, arrays: Vec<PyArray>) -> Self {
+    fn from_arrays(_cls: &Bound<PyType>, field: PyField, arrays: Vec<PyArray>) -> Self {
         let arrays = arrays
             .into_iter()
             .map(|array| {
@@ -164,16 +168,16 @@ impl PyArrayReader {
     }
 
     #[classmethod]
-    pub fn from_stream(_cls: &Bound<PyType>, data: &Bound<PyAny>) -> PyResult<Self> {
+    fn from_stream(_cls: &Bound<PyType>, data: &Bound<PyAny>) -> PyResult<Self> {
         data.extract()
     }
 
     #[getter]
-    pub fn field(&self, py: Python) -> PyResult<PyObject> {
+    fn field(&self, py: Python) -> PyResult<PyObject> {
         PyField::new(self.field_ref()?).to_arro3(py)
     }
 
-    pub fn read_all(&mut self, py: Python) -> PyArrowResult<PyObject> {
+    fn read_all(&mut self, py: Python) -> PyArrowResult<PyObject> {
         let stream = self
             .0
             .take()
@@ -183,10 +187,10 @@ impl PyArrayReader {
         for array in stream {
             arrays.push(array?);
         }
-        Ok(PyChunkedArray::new(arrays, field).to_arro3(py)?)
+        Ok(PyChunkedArray::try_new(arrays, field)?.to_arro3(py)?)
     }
 
-    pub fn read_next_array(&mut self, py: Python) -> PyArrowResult<PyObject> {
+    fn read_next_array(&mut self, py: Python) -> PyArrowResult<PyObject> {
         let stream = self
             .0
             .as_mut()