set copy=False as default for ak.array

arkouda/pdarraycreation.py

@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ def from_series(series: pd.Series, dtype: Optional[Union[type, str]] = None) ->
 def array(
     a: Union[pdarray, np.ndarray, Iterable, Strings],
     dtype: Union[np.dtype, type, str, None] = None,
-    copy: bool = True,
+    copy: bool = False,
     max_bits: int = -1,
 ) -> Union[pdarray, Strings]:
     """
@@ -154,10 +154,10 @@ def array(
         Rank-1 array of a supported dtype
     dtype: np.dtype, type, or str
         The target dtype to cast values to
-    copy: bool=True, optional
-        If True (default), then the array data is copied.
+    copy: bool=False, optional
+        If True, then the array data is copied.
         Note that any copy of the data is deep, which differs from numpy.
-        For False it raises a ValueError if a copy cannot be avoided. Default: True.
+        default=False also differs from numpy.
     max_bits: int
         Specifies the maximum number of bits; only used for bigint pdarrays
 
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ def array(
     to create the Strings object and the two corresponding pdarrays for string
     bytes and offsets, respectively.
 
+
     Examples
     --------
     >>> ak.array(np.arange(1,10))
@@ -216,10 +217,6 @@ def array(
     if copy is False:
         if isinstance(a, (Strings, pdarray)):
             return a
-        else:
-            raise ValueError(
-                "In ak.array, copy=False can only used with applied to pdarray objects."
-            )
 
     if isinstance(a, Strings):
         if dtype and dtype != "str_":