[Feature Request] Support for reading and Writing VARIANT in Default Engine

[raveeram-db]

Feature request

Feature support for VARIANT reads and writes on the data path.

Which Delta project/connector is this regarding?

• Spark
• Standalone
• Flink
• Kernel
• Other (fill in here)

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Willingness to contribute

The Delta Lake Community encourages new feature contributions. Would you or another member of your organization be willing to contribute an implementation of this feature?

• Yes. I can contribute this feature independently.
• Yes. I would be willing to contribute this feature with guidance from the Delta Lake community.
• No. I cannot contribute this feature at this time.