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# Apache DataFusion Python 50.1.0 Changelog

This release consists of 11 commits from 7 contributors. See credits at the end of this changelog for more information.

**Breaking changes:**

- Unify Table representations [#1256](https://github.com/apache/datafusion-python/pull/1256) (timsaucer)

**Implemented enhancements:**

- feat: expose DataFrame.write_table [#1264](https://github.com/apache/datafusion-python/pull/1264) (timsaucer)
- feat: expose` DataFrame.parse_sql_expr` [#1274](https://github.com/apache/datafusion-python/pull/1274) (milenkovicm)

**Other:**

- Update version number, add changelog [#1249](https://github.com/apache/datafusion-python/pull/1249) (timsaucer)
- Fix drop() method to handle quoted column names consistently [#1242](https://github.com/apache/datafusion-python/pull/1242) (H0TB0X420)
- Make Session Context `pyclass` frozen so interior mutability is only managed by rust [#1248](https://github.com/apache/datafusion-python/pull/1248) (ntjohnson1)
- macos-13 is deprecated [#1259](https://github.com/apache/datafusion-python/pull/1259) (kevinjqliu)
- Freeze PyO3 wrappers & introduce interior mutability to avoid PyO3 borrow errors [#1253](https://github.com/apache/datafusion-python/pull/1253) (kosiew)
- chore: update dependencies [#1269](https://github.com/apache/datafusion-python/pull/1269) (timsaucer)

## Credits

Thank you to everyone who contributed to this release. Here is a breakdown of commits (PRs merged) per contributor.

```
     4	Tim Saucer
     2	Siew Kam Onn
     1	H0TB0X420
     1	Kevin Liu
     1	Marko Milenković
     1	Nick
     1	kosiew
```

Thank you also to everyone who contributed in other ways such as filing issues, reviewing PRs, and providing feedback on this release.

