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Wes McKinney authored 7d3e2a3ab90
ARROW-421: [Python] Retain parent reference in PyBytesReader Pass Buffer to BufferReader so that zero-copy slices retain reference to PyBytesBuffer, which prevents the bytes object from being garbage collected prematurely. Also added some helper tools for inspecting Arrow Buffer objects in Python. Close #278 Author: Wes McKinney <wes.mckinney@twosigma.com> Closes #279 from wesm/ARROW-421 and squashes the following commits: acf730e [Wes McKinney] Rename method 50c195a [Wes McKinney] Fix accidental typo ef20185 [Wes McKinney] Pass Buffer to BufferReader so that zero-copy slices retain reference to PyBytesBuffer, which prevents the bytes object from being garbage collected prematurely