llama90 commented on code in PR #39362:
URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/39362#discussion_r1442481006


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cpp/src/arrow/compute/kernels/scalar_cast_dictionary.cc:
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@@ -77,17 +85,23 @@ Status CastToDictionary(KernelContext* ctx, const ExecSpan& 
batch, ExecResult* o
   return Status::OK();
 }
 
-std::vector<std::shared_ptr<CastFunction>> GetDictionaryCasts() {
-  auto func = std::make_shared<CastFunction>("cast_dictionary", 
Type::DICTIONARY);
-
-  AddCommonCasts(Type::DICTIONARY, kOutputTargetType, func.get());
-  ScalarKernel kernel({InputType(Type::DICTIONARY)}, kOutputTargetType, 
CastToDictionary);
+template <typename SrcType>
+void AddDictionaryCast(CastFunction* func) {
+  ScalarKernel kernel;
+  kernel.exec = CastToDictionary;
+  kernel.signature =
+      KernelSignature::Make({InputType(SrcType::type_id)}, kOutputTargetType);
   kernel.null_handling = NullHandling::COMPUTED_NO_PREALLOCATE;
-  kernel.mem_allocation = MemAllocation::NO_PREALLOCATE;
+  DCHECK_OK(func->AddKernel(SrcType::type_id, std::move(kernel)));
+}
 
-  DCHECK_OK(func->AddKernel(Type::DICTIONARY, std::move(kernel)));
+std::vector<std::shared_ptr<CastFunction>> GetDictionaryCasts() {
+  auto cast_dict = std::make_shared<CastFunction>("cast_dictionary", 
Type::DICTIONARY);
+  AddCommonCasts(Type::DICTIONARY, kOutputTargetType, cast_dict.get());
+  AddDictionaryCast<DictionaryType>(cast_dict.get());
+  AddDictionaryCast<StringType>(cast_dict.get());

Review Comment:
   I understand. You're right. Can we address that part as a known issue in a 
new PR? I would like to first finish the work on removing the Legacy Cast.



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