Would it make sense to have an optional pyarrow read schema

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Would it make sense to have an optional pyarrow read schema for Delta RS in python

Will Jones · Answer

What do you mean by read schema

Will Jones · Answer

Could you provide an example of how it would be used

Robert · Answer

Elsewhere I have seen schemas used as a means to define projections and type casts as in try to ready the table into the given schema is that what you mean < Ion>

Ion · Answer

< Robert> yes that s what I mean

Ion · Answer

So while reading a delta table with a column deltatype List I would like to immediately cast it to a pyarrow FixedSizeList It should work in a similar fashion as when you re writing a delta table and you provide a schema Optional pyarrow lib Schema but now it would be used for reading it < Will Jones>