[Python] Allow PyCapsule Interface in `pyarrow.scalar` constructor?
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### Describe the enhancement requested
Should the `pyarrow.scalar` constructor check for the PyCapsule Interface? It would allow any input with `__arrow_c_array__`, additionally validating that the input is a length-1 array.
In this case it's less important for the _speed_ of sharing large data across multiple libraries than it is for the reliability of communicating Arrow data.
An existing workaround is to use `pa.array(other_scalar)[0]`, so it's not clear whether the `pa.scalar` constructor should or should not check for this.
cc @jorisvandenbossche
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