Fokko commented on PR #36846: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/36846#issuecomment-1680842817
@pitrou I took the existing code from https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/12000 and went from there. For example, if feels to me that you always want to widen the types. > Well, we shouldn't get rid of existing functionality. So any cast that is already supported should keep being supported (unless it's a glaring mistake of course!). Well, many formats are much more restrictive than the first iteration here. Take for example Iceberg:  If you want to do anything special, such as combining a float and integer, you first need to cast it explicitly, which seems reasonable to me. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
