Jay PokaleandXuanwo dcac834233 fix(python)!: reject tuple fields with mixed element types in pydantic models (#4679)
`pydantic_to_schema` maps a `Tuple[...]` field to an Arrow list of its
**first** element type. A tuple with different element types gets the
wrong schema, and the error only surfaces when a row is written:

```python
class Pair(LanceModel):
    pair: Tuple[int, str]

pydantic_to_schema(Pair)        # pair: list<item: int64>
db.create_table("t", schema=Pair).add([Pair(pair=(1, "a"))])
# pyarrow.lib.ArrowInvalid: Could not convert 'a' with type str: tried to convert to int64
```

An Arrow list has a single element type, so such a tuple cannot be
stored as one. This raises a `TypeError` when the schema is built,
saying the tuple elements must share one type and pointing to a nested
`LanceModel` for a fixed set of differently typed fields. Homogeneous
tuples are unchanged: `Tuple[int, int]` and `Tuple[float, ...]` still
map to lists.

**Breaking change:** a model with a mixed-type tuple field, which used
to get a (wrong) `list<...>` schema from `pydantic_to_schema`, now
raises `TypeError` when the schema is built. Such a schema could not
hold the model's values: writing a row failed with `ArrowInvalid`. The
requirement and the nested-`LanceModel` alternative are documented in
the `pydantic_to_schema` docstring.

Tests (in `test_pydantic.py`): `TypeError` for `Tuple[int, str]` (fails
on `main`), and the list mapping for `Tuple[int, int]` and `Tuple[float,
...]`. The whole file passes; `ruff format` and `ruff check` are clean.

I used an AI assistant (Claude) while working on this; I reviewed and
tested the change.

---------

Co-authored-by: Xuanwo <github@xuanwo.io>
2026-10-27 23:35:04 +08:00
2023-03-17 18:15:19 -07:00
2025-03-10 09:01:23 -07:00

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