Migrate lists/combine to pylibcudf

python/cudf/cudf/_lib/lists.pyx

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ from cudf._lib.pylibcudf.libcudf.column.column_view cimport column_view
 from cudf._lib.pylibcudf.libcudf.lists.combine cimport (
     concatenate_list_elements as cpp_concatenate_list_elements,
     concatenate_null_policy,
-    concatenate_rows as cpp_concatenate_rows,
 )
 from cudf._lib.pylibcudf.libcudf.lists.contains cimport (
     contains,
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@ from cudf._lib.pylibcudf.libcudf.lists.stream_compaction cimport (
     distinct as cpp_distinct,
 )
 from cudf._lib.pylibcudf.libcudf.scalar.scalar cimport scalar
-from cudf._lib.pylibcudf.libcudf.table.table_view cimport table_view
 from cudf._lib.pylibcudf.libcudf.types cimport (
     nan_equality,
     null_equality,
@@ -41,10 +39,7 @@ from cudf._lib.pylibcudf.libcudf.types cimport (
     size_type,
 )
 from cudf._lib.scalar cimport DeviceScalar
-from cudf._lib.utils cimport (
-    columns_from_pylibcudf_table,
-    table_view_from_columns,
-)
+from cudf._lib.utils cimport columns_from_pylibcudf_table
 
 from cudf._lib import pylibcudf
 
@@ -223,16 +218,9 @@ def index_of_column(Column col, Column search_keys):
 
 @acquire_spill_lock()
 def concatenate_rows(list source_columns):
-    cdef unique_ptr[column] c_result
-
-    cdef table_view c_table_view = table_view_from_columns(source_columns)
-
-    with nogil:
-        c_result = move(cpp_concatenate_rows(
-            c_table_view,
-        ))
-
-    return Column.from_unique_ptr(move(c_result))
+    return pylibcudf.lists.concatenate_rows(
+        pylibcudf.Table([c.to_pylibcudf(mode="read") for c in source_columns])
+    )
 
 
 @acquire_spill_lock()

python/cudf/cudf/_lib/pylibcudf/lists.pxd

@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 
 from cudf._lib.pylibcudf.libcudf.types cimport size_type
 
+from .column cimport Column
 from .table cimport Table
 
 
 cpdef Table explode_outer(Table, size_type explode_column_idx)
+
+cpdef Column concatenate_rows(Table)

python/cudf/cudf/_lib/pylibcudf/lists.pyx

@@ -3,10 +3,15 @@
 from libcpp.memory cimport unique_ptr
 from libcpp.utility cimport move
 
+from cudf._lib.pylibcudf.libcudf.column.column cimport column
 from cudf._lib.pylibcudf.libcudf.lists cimport explode as cpp_explode
+from cudf._lib.pylibcudf.libcudf.lists.combine cimport (
+    concatenate_rows as cpp_concatenate_rows,
+)
 from cudf._lib.pylibcudf.libcudf.table.table cimport table
 from cudf._lib.pylibcudf.libcudf.types cimport size_type
 
+from .column cimport Column
 from .table cimport Table
 
 
@@ -33,3 +38,24 @@ cpdef Table explode_outer(Table input, size_type explode_column_idx):
         c_result = move(cpp_explode.explode_outer(input.view(), explode_column_idx))
 
     return Table.from_libcudf(move(c_result))
+
+
+cpdef Column concatenate_rows(Table input):
+    """Row-wise concatenating multiple lists columns into a single lists column.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    input : Table
+        The input table
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    Table
+        A new Column of concatenated rows
+    """
+    cdef unique_ptr[column] c_result
+
+    with nogil:
+        c_result = move(cpp_concatenate_rows(input.view()))
+
+    return Column.from_libcudf(move(c_result))

python/cudf/cudf/pylibcudf_tests/test_lists.py

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+
+import pyarrow as pa
+from utils import assert_column_eq
+
+from cudf._lib import pylibcudf as plc
+
+
+def test_concatenate_rows():
+    test_data = [[[0, 1], [2], [5], [6, 7]], [[8], [9], [], [13, 14, 15]]]
+
+    arrow_tbl = pa.Table.from_arrays(test_data, names=["a", "b"])
+    plc_tbl = plc.interop.from_arrow(arrow_tbl)
+
+    res = plc.lists.concatenate_rows(plc_tbl)
+
+    expect = pa.array([pair[0] + pair[1] for pair in zip(*test_data)])
+
+    assert_column_eq(res, expect)