BUG: sparse: fix a bug in sparsetools input dtype resolution #5498
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Ensure the determined common input dtype for the c++ code is such that
all inputs can be safely cast into it. Also require that the common
dtype can be safely cast to output arguments.
Add tests. Remove some upcasts that this makes unnecessary.
Fixing up the issue mentioned in my comment at gh-5213
Typically, this bug was not triggered, since the sparse code Python side tends to be careful with the dtypes.