pandas-devgh-583:added tolist() (pandas-dev#589)

* added tolist()

* Update test_pandas.py

* added the example

* Update test_pandas.py

* Update test_pandas.py

* added the test

* changed return type in array func and corrected the test

pandas-stubs/core/arrays/base.pyi

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ class ExtensionArray:
     def copy(self) -> Self: ...
     def view(self, dtype=...) -> Self | np.ndarray: ...
     def ravel(self, order=...) -> Self: ...
+    def tolist(self) -> list: ...
 
 class ExtensionOpsMixin:
     @classmethod

pandas-stubs/core/construction.pyi

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from collections.abc import Sequence
 
 import numpy as np
+from pandas.core.arrays.base import ExtensionArray
 from pandas.core.indexes.api import Index
 from pandas.core.series import Series
 
@@ -10,13 +11,12 @@ from pandas._typing import (
 )
 
 from pandas.core.dtypes.dtypes import ExtensionDtype
-from pandas.core.dtypes.generic import ABCExtensionArray
 
 def array(
     data: Sequence[object],
     dtype: str | np.dtype | ExtensionDtype | None = ...,
     copy: bool = ...,
-) -> ABCExtensionArray: ...
+) -> ExtensionArray: ...
 def extract_array(obj, extract_numpy: bool = ...): ...
 def sanitize_array(
     data, index, dtype=..., copy: bool = ..., raise_cast_failure: bool = ...

tests/test_extension.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import decimal
 
+import pandas as pd
 from typing_extensions import assert_type
 
 from tests import check
@@ -14,3 +15,13 @@ def test_constructor() -> None:
 
     check(assert_type(arr, DecimalArray), DecimalArray, decimal.Decimal)
     check(assert_type(arr.dtype, DecimalDtype), DecimalDtype)
+
+
+def test_tolist() -> None:
+    data = {"State": "Texas", "Population": 2000000, "GDP": "2T"}
+    s = pd.Series(data)
+    data1 = [1, 2, 3]
+    s1 = pd.Series(data1)
+    check(assert_type(s.array.tolist(), list), list)
+    check(assert_type(s1.array.tolist(), list), list)
+    check(assert_type(pd.array([1, 2, 3]).tolist(), list), list)