alamb opened a new pull request, #8044: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/pull/8044
# Which issue does this PR close? We generally require a GitHub issue to be filed for all bug fixes and enhancements and this helps us generate change logs for our releases. You can link an issue to this PR using the GitHub syntax. - Closes https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/issues/8043 # Rationale for this change As @Samyak2 suggested on https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/pull/8021/files#r2249926579, having the ability to convert *FROM* a typed value to a VariantArray will be important For example, in SQL it could be used to cast columns to variant like in `some_column::variant` # What changes are included in this PR? 1. Add `cast_to_variant` kernel to cast native types to `VariantArray` 2. Tests # Are these changes tested? yes # Are there any user-facing changes? New kernel -- 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: github-unsubscr...@arrow.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org
