[python-package] consolidate pandas-to-numpy conversion code #6156
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Contributes to #3756.
#5612 introduced a
try-catch
block with different approaches to converting array data frompandas
tonumpy
format inside the Python package.That PR added 2 identical copies of that block in the 2 places where
lightgbm
needs to do that conversion.This PR proposes consolidating that logic into a single internal function. To make
basic._data_from_pandas()
a bit easier to understand, and to reduce the risk of inconsistencies if additional branches of logic are added in response to futurepandas
versions.