add pyconvert(x)

[CarloLucibello]

For convenience, it would be nice to expose

pyconvert(x) = pyconvert(Any, x)

[cjdoris]

Perhaps, but you generally shouldn't be using pyconvert(Any, x), you should use a more specific type. The only good reasons I can see for pyconvert(Any, x) are:

• Interactive use, where you already know the conversion will do what you want.
• Generic programming, where you don't actually know anything about x.

[CarloLucibello]

Those 2 usage examples seem pretty common. Moreover, I would find it very useful to have a pyconvert(Any, x) with a recursive behavior, something like what I poorly implemented https://github.com/CarloLucibello/HuggingFaceDatasets.jl

[cjdoris]

I've previously had discussions about adding a function pyconvertnative(x) which converts x (recursively) to a 'native' Julia object if possible (list to Vector, dict to Dict etc.).

[hhaensel]

I just added my two cents to the pyconvertnative() discussion, see #128

Maybe we could continue the discussion here?

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