GH-48241: [Python] Scalar inferencing doesn't infer UUID #48727
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Rationale for this change
This is to cover reported issues #48241, #44224 and #43855.
Currently uuid.UUID objects are not inferred/converted automatically in PyArrow, requiring users to explicitly specify the type.
What changes are included in this PR?
Adding support for Python's uuid.UUID objects in PyArrow's type inference and conversion.
Are these changes tested?
Yes, added test_uuid_scalar_from_python() and test_uuid_array_from_python() in
test_extension.py.Are there any user-facing changes?
Users can now pass Python uuid.UUID objects directly to PyArrow functions like pa.scalar() and pa.array() without specifying the type;
<pyarrow.UuidScalar: UUID('958174b9-3a5c-4cdd-8fc5-d51a2fc55784')>
<pyarrow.lib.UuidArray object at 0x1217725f0>
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