pitrou commented on code in PR #14106:
URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/14106#discussion_r977666643


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cpp/src/arrow/compute/kernels/scalar_cast_extension.cc:
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@@ -42,14 +42,17 @@ Status CastToExtension(KernelContext* ctx, const ExecSpan& 
batch, ExecResult* ou
 
 std::shared_ptr<CastFunction> GetCastToExtension(std::string name) {
   auto func = std::make_shared<CastFunction>(std::move(name), Type::EXTENSION);
-  for (auto types : {IntTypes(), FloatingPointTypes(), StringTypes(), 
BinaryTypes()}) {
+  for (auto types : {PrimitiveTypes(), IntervalTypes(), TemporalTypes()}) {
     for (auto in_ty : types) {
       DCHECK_OK(
           func->AddKernel(in_ty->id(), {in_ty}, kOutputTargetType, 
CastToExtension));
     }
   }
-  DCHECK_OK(func->AddKernel(Type::DICTIONARY, {InputType(Type::DICTIONARY)},
-                            kOutputTargetType, CastToExtension));
+  for (auto in_ty : {Type::DICTIONARY, Type::LIST, Type::LARGE_LIST,
+                     Type::FIXED_SIZE_LIST, Type::EXTENSION}) {

Review Comment:
   Well, we should be conservative and avoid making senseless things by 
default...
   
   Being able to register extension-specific casts would be another separate 
possibility.



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