DOC: Promote Arrow C Data Interface over Interchange Protocol (#59347)

pandas-dev · Jul 29, 2024 · 56ea76a · 56ea76a
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diff --git a/pandas/core/frame.py b/pandas/core/frame.py
@@ -901,6 +901,11 @@ def __dataframe__(
         """
         Return the dataframe interchange object implementing the interchange protocol.
 
+        .. note::
+
+           For new development, we highly recommend using the Arrow C Data Interface
+           alongside the Arrow PyCapsule Interface instead of the interchange protocol
+
         .. warning::
 
             Due to severe implementation issues, we recommend only considering using the

diff --git a/pandas/core/interchange/from_dataframe.py b/pandas/core/interchange/from_dataframe.py
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ def from_dataframe(df, allow_copy: bool = True) -> pd.DataFrame:
     """
     Build a ``pd.DataFrame`` from any DataFrame supporting the interchange protocol.
 
+    .. note::
+
+       For new development, we highly recommend using the Arrow C Data Interface
+       alongside the Arrow PyCapsule Interface instead of the interchange protocol
+
     .. warning::
 
         Due to severe implementation issues, we recommend only considering using the