[Python] Create alternative to Table.from_pandas that yields a list of RecordBatch objects with a given chunk size

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Will provide a fix for ARROW-1167

Reporter: Wes McKinney / @wesm
Assignee: Wes McKinney / @wesm

Related issues:

• [Python] Create chunked BinaryArray in Table.from_pandas when a column's data exceeds 2GB (relates to)

PRs and other links:

• GitHub Pull Request #1364

_{Note: This issue was originally created as ARROW-1178. Please see the migration documentation for further details.}

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Wes McKinney / @wesm:
This is a fair bit of work to do in generality. I think we can sort out a simpler fix for ARROW-1167. Will move that one to 0.5.0

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Wes McKinney / @wesm:
I will add a Table.to_batches instance method

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Uwe Korn / @xhochy:
Issue resolved by pull request 1364
#1364