ARROW-6338: [R] Type function names don't match type names #5198
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The substance of the change is in d845cd3, where I added aliases for 4 of the type factory functions, added some magic to make
double()work as expected without masking the base R function, and also improved the error message for when you specify a type incorrectly. The rest of the changes are a little code reorganization and adding documentation for type and schema definition.