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Wes McKinney authored 1a5991c99ef
ARROW-4069: [Python] Add tests for casting binary -> string/utf8. Add pyarrow.utf8() type factory alias for readability This is the Python side of ARROW-3387 to make sure all is in order there Author: Wes McKinney <wesm+git@apache.org> Closes #3215 from wesm/ARROW-4069 and squashes the following commits: eaf0cf403 <Wes McKinney> Add tests for casting binary -> string/utf8. Add pyarrow.utf8() alias for pyarrow.string() for readability