test(python): cover nullable fixed-size-list ingestion (#3812)

## Summary

- add regression coverage for adding dictionary rows with a nullable
fixed-size-list column
- verify ordinary list columns remain aligned alongside the null
fixed-size-list value

## Root cause

PyArrow infers an all-`None` dictionary column as the generic `null`
type. The original schema-alignment path treated the target
fixed-size-list type as proof that the inferred source was also
list-like and unconditionally accessed `value_field`, which raised
`AttributeError`. Current alignment logic correctly falls back to the
target type when the source is not list-like; this test locks in that
repair for the reported ingestion path.

## Validation

- `uv run --extra tests pytest
python/tests/test_table.py::test_add_with_empty_fixed_size_list_drops_bad_rows
python/tests/test_table.py::test_add_nullable_fixed_size_list_with_none
python/tests/test_table.py::test_add_nullable_struct_with_none -q`
- `uv run --with pyarrow==19.0.1 --extra tests pytest
python/tests/test_table.py::test_add_nullable_fixed_size_list_with_none
-q`
- `uv run --project python --extra dev ruff format --check
python/python/tests/test_table.py`
- `uv run --project python --extra dev ruff check .`

Fixes #2340

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@@ -1845,6 +1845,27 @@ def test_add_with_empty_fixed_size_list_drops_bad_rows(mem_db: DBConnection):
assert np.allclose(data["embedding"].to_pylist()[0], np.array([0.1] * 16))
def test_add_nullable_fixed_size_list_with_none(mem_db: DBConnection):
"""Regression test for issue #2340."""
table = mem_db.create_table(
"test_nullable_fixed_size_list",
schema=pa.schema(
[
pa.field("id", pa.string()),
pa.field("feature", pa.list_(pa.float32(), 256)),
pa.field("tags", pa.list_(pa.string())),
]
),
)
table.add([{"id": "1", "feature": None, "tags": ["tag1", "tag2"]}])
result = table.to_arrow()
assert result.to_pylist() == [
{"id": "1", "feature": None, "tags": ["tag1", "tag2"]}
]
def test_add_nullable_struct_with_none(mem_db: DBConnection):
"""Regression test for issue #2654: a nullable struct column whose
first batch contains only None values must not crash in