Sevenannn opened a new pull request, #12610:
URL: https://github.com/apache/datafusion/pull/12610

   ## Which issue does this PR close?
   
   No relevant issue
   
   ## Rationale for this change
   
   Datafusion enforces an eager cast of value to dictionary value in the 
logical plan where a comparison with dictionary value is presented. For 
example, in the following plan
   ```SQL
   Filter: person_mood.mood_status = CAST(Utf8("happy") AS Dictionary(Int8, 
Utf8)) 
   ```
   However, when using unparser to convert the plan back to sql, where the sql 
will be sent to various query engine (PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc.) the cast is not 
needed for the value, in the example above the value `happy`, since the raw 
value can be directly used in SQL engines without casting to an engine specific 
dictionary type. Therefore, the plan can simply be rewritten into
   ```SQL
   where person_mood.mood_status = 'happy' 
   ```
   
   ## What changes are included in this PR?
   
   * Directly pass `inner_expr` instead of `cast inner_expr as dictionary` in 
the `Expr::Cast` case when the `inner_expr` is a `Value` representing constant 
and the plan is `cast to dictionary`
   * Add a test for the change
   
   ## Are these changes tested?
   
   Yes
   
   ## Are there any user-facing changes?
   
   No
   


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