[ARROW-9885] [Rust] [DataFusion] Simplify code of type coercion for binary types

• Type: Task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Trivial
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.0
• Component/s: Rust, Rust - DataFusion
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/25919
• Assignee: Jorge Leitão
• Reporter: Jorge Leitão
• Created: 29/Aug/20 04:08
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 08:09
• Resolved: 02/Sep/20 23:45

Description

The function `numerical_coercion` only uses the operator `op` for its error formatting. But the function's intent can be simply generalized to "coerce two types to numerically equivalent types".

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #8076