Support LargeUtf8 as partition column #19942
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Looks good to me -- thanks @paleolimbot
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Which issue does this PR close?
Rationale for this change
Paritioned writes are suppored for Utf8 and Utf8View types and supporting LargeUtf8 is fairly easy to do.
What changes are included in this PR?
Support for LargeUtf8 partition values in hive partitions + a test for all string types.
Are these changes tested?
Yes!
Are there any user-facing changes?
Something that was not supported now is