pola-rs/r-polars

Tests sometimes fail with `This external pointer is already consumed or deleted` error from `<Series>$to_r_vector()` from `compare_proxy.polars_series`

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#1,411 opened on Jul 17, 2025

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Description

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Error in `x$to_r_vector(ensure_vector = FALSE, int64 = "character", decimal = "character")`: Evaluation failed in `$to_r_vector()`.
Caused by error:
! This external pointer is already consumed or deleted

See eitsupi/neo-r-polars#220 for details.

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Research direction
Reproduce the failing test and trace the error to the `to r vector` function. Check if the external pointer is being consumed prematurely, possibly due to a reference counting issue in the Rust Polars binding.
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