alamb commented on code in PR #12816:
URL: https://github.com/apache/datafusion/pull/12816#discussion_r1807808549


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datafusion/core/src/datasource/file_format/mod.rs:
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@@ -235,20 +235,26 @@ pub fn file_type_to_format(
     }
 }
 
+/// Create a new field with the specified data type, copying the other
+/// properties from the input field
+fn field_with_new_type(field: &FieldRef, new_type: DataType) -> FieldRef {
+    Arc::new(field.as_ref().clone().with_data_type(new_type))
+}
+
 /// Transform a schema to use view types for Utf8 and Binary
+///
+/// See [parquet::ParquetFormat::force_view_types] for details
 pub fn transform_schema_to_view(schema: &Schema) -> Schema {
     let transformed_fields: Vec<Arc<Field>> = schema
         .fields
         .iter()
         .map(|field| match field.data_type() {
-            DataType::Utf8 | DataType::LargeUtf8 => Arc::new(
-                Field::new(field.name(), DataType::Utf8View, 
field.is_nullable())
-                    .with_metadata(field.metadata().to_owned()),
-            ),
-            DataType::Binary | DataType::LargeBinary => Arc::new(
-                Field::new(field.name(), DataType::BinaryView, 
field.is_nullable())
-                    .with_metadata(field.metadata().to_owned()),
-            ),
+            DataType::Utf8 | DataType::LargeUtf8 => {

Review Comment:
   I plan to try and accelerate this PR along with a new arrow-rs release: 
https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/issues/6341



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