docs: added pyiceberg to pyarrow conversion documentation #2480
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Rationale for this change
This PR adds documentation for PyIceberg ⇄ PyArrow datatype mapping /conversion table
The Iceberg spec currently defines type mappings only for Avro, Parquet, and ORC.
This change fills that gap by providing a clear reference for Python developers working with PyIceberg and PyArrow.
The documentation:
_ConvertToArrowSchema
visitor class.Are these changes tested?
No
Are there any user-facing changes?
Yes.
pyiceberg_pyarrow_mapping.md
(with aligned tables and Python type classes).