Arrow-js uses brittle `instanceof` checks throughout the code base.
These fail unless the library instance that produced the object matches
exactly the same instance the vectordb is using. At a minimum, this
means that a user using arrow version 15 (or any version that doesn't
match exactly the version that vectordb is using) will get strange
errors when they try and use vectordb.
However, there are even cases where the versions can be perfectly
identical, and the instanceof check still fails. One such example is
when using `vite` (e.g. https://github.com/vitejs/vite/issues/3910)
This PR solves the problem in a rather brute force, but workable,
fashion. If we encounter a schema that does not pass the `instanceof`
check then we will attempt to sanitize that schema by traversing the
object and, if it has all the correct properties, constructing an
appropriate `Schema` instance via deep cloning.
- Core rust library
- ffi bridge that exposes rust functionality to javascript
- npm package that provides a TypeScript / JavaScript library
- limitations: it only supports reading for now
