Should same-type conversions with a different dshape cast their input to conform to the specified dshape?
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Description
Sometimes we may want to change the types of some of the columns in a table or cast an `int64` array to a float array. Should `odo` do this?
For example:
``` python
import pandas as pd
df = pd.DataFrame(dict(ints=list(range(5))))
newdf = odo(df, pd.DataFrame, dshape='var * {ints: float64}')
```
We already do this when going from type `a` to type `b`, but not when going from type `a` to type `a`.
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