code: def _maybe_cast(arr):
      if not arr.dtype.type == np.object_:
          arr = np.array(arr, dtype=object)
      return arr
  
file_path: catboost/contrib/python/pandas/py2/pandas/io/date_converters.py
imports: import numpy
  from pandas._libs.tslibs import parsing
  from pandas.compat import map, range
label_desc: Use image node_id 5 for calling a global function with example usage: _maybe_cast(arr) and returns: arr