tobixdev commented on code in PR #18552:
URL: https://github.com/apache/datafusion/pull/18552#discussion_r2675285660


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datafusion/common/src/types/canonical.rs:
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+use crate::error::_internal_err;
+use crate::types::{LogicalType, NativeType, TypeParameter, TypeSignature};
+use crate::Result;
+use arrow::array::{Array, FixedSizeBinaryArray};
+use arrow::util::display::{ArrayFormatter, DisplayIndex, FormatOptions, 
FormatResult};
+use arrow_schema::extension::{ExtensionType, Opaque, Uuid};
+use arrow_schema::DataType;
+use std::fmt::Write;
+use uuid::Bytes;
+
+impl LogicalType for Uuid {

Review Comment:
   I see this similar to @paleolimbot . The `LogicalType` / 
`ExtensionTypeRegistry` pair aims to be the "starting point" where custom type 
use cases build upon.
   
   For example, there is an open issues from myself that [aims to introduce 
user-defined orderings](https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/14828) for 
the sorting operators. For that purpose we would have a method 
`LogicalType::ordering_information()` that can be overwritten by extension 
types and then be used during planning. 
   
   I think a similar way can create a set of casting operators for extension 
types. But for a concrete design we would have to look closer at the 
requirements (e.g., do we want to support `CREATE CAST`).



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