[jira] [Created] (ARROW-1604) [Python] Support common type aliases in cast(...) and various type= arguments

[Wes McKinney (JIRA)]

Wes McKinney created ARROW-1604:
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             Summary: [Python] Support common type aliases in cast(...) and 
various type= arguments
                 Key: ARROW-1604
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-1604
             Project: Apache Arrow
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: Python
            Reporter: Wes McKinney
             Fix For: 0.8.0


e.g. {{'int32'}} or {{'i4'}} should be the same as {{pyarrow.int32()}}



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