[ARROW-3875] [Python] Try to cast or normalize schemas when writing a table to ParquetWriter

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Component/s: Python
• Labels: parquet
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/20458
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Wes McKinney
• Created: 25/Nov/18 20:35
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:30

Description

If we can cast safely to the file schema, it would improve usability to do so automatically. This auto-normalize behavior could be toggled on/off if so desired