Hi Louis,

It just happens they aren't implemented, I don't think there's any particular 
reason. I've filed ARROW-17214 [1] to track this. 

[1]: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-17214

-David

On Tue, Jul 26, 2022, at 05:19, Louis C wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I use scalar casts to STRING type as a way to represent easily the more 
> complex arrow types such as STRUCT or UNION. For these types, the Scalar cast 
> (CastTo method) is correctly implemented, giving results such as :"union{1: 
> bool = false}"
> However, when casting LIST, LARGE_LIST or MAP types, it gives NotImplemented 
> error.
> Is there a particular reason why it is the case ?
> Is it planned to make it work ?
> 
> Best regards
> Louis C

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