feat: refactor the query API and add query support to the python async API (#1113)

In addition, there are also a number of changes in nodejs to the
docstrings of existing methods because this PR adds a jsdoc linter.

nodejs/src/util.rs

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+use lancedb::DistanceType;
+
+pub fn parse_distance_type(distance_type: impl AsRef<str>) -> napi::Result<DistanceType> {
+    match distance_type.as_ref().to_lowercase().as_str() {
+        "l2" => Ok(DistanceType::L2),
+        "cosine" => Ok(DistanceType::Cosine),
+        "dot" => Ok(DistanceType::Dot),
+        _ => Err(napi::Error::from_reason(format!(
+            "Invalid distance type '{}'.  Must be one of l2, cosine, or dot",
+            distance_type.as_ref()
+        ))),
+    }
+}