Accept list input in Array.from_pandas

Change-Id: I33905efd13d3b3f55ac0f1e9cc84b9d6ef4bae7d

python/cmake_modules/FindPythonLibsNew.cmake

@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ else()
         set(_PYTHON_LIBS_SEARCH "${PYTHON_PREFIX}/lib" "${PYTHON_LIBRARY_PATH}")
     endif()
     message(STATUS "Searching for Python libs in ${_PYTHON_LIBS_SEARCH}")
+    message(STATUS "Looking for python${PYTHON_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}")
     # Probably this needs to be more involved. It would be nice if the config
     # information the python interpreter itself gave us were more complete.
     find_library(PYTHON_LIBRARY
@@ -237,4 +238,4 @@ FUNCTION(PYTHON_ADD_MODULE _NAME )
     ENDIF()
 
   ENDIF(PYTHON_ENABLE_MODULE_${_NAME})
-ENDFUNCTION(PYTHON_ADD_MODULE)
+ENDFUNCTION(PYTHON_ADD_MODULE)

python/pyarrow/array.pyx

@@ -246,8 +246,6 @@ cdef wrap_array_output(PyObject* output):
     else:
         return obj
 
-    return values
-
 
 cdef class NullArray(Array):
     pass
@@ -405,8 +403,10 @@ cdef object get_series_values(object obj):
 
     if isinstance(obj, pd.Series):
         result = obj.values
-    else:
+    elif isinstance(obj, np.ndarray):
         result = obj
+    else:
+        result = pd.Series(obj).values
 
     return result