fix: add to_lance() and to_polars() stub methods for type-checkers (#2876)

Adds `Table.to_lance()` and `Table.to_polars()` methods (non-abstract
methods, defaulting to `NotImplementedError`) so type checkers like
mypy, pyright and ty don’t flag them as unknown attributes on `Table`.
Not making these abstract methods should keep existing remote/other
`Table` implementations instantiable.

This is non-breaking change to existing functionality and is purely for
the purpose of pleasing static type-checkers like mypy, ty and pyright.

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Cargo.lock

@@ -4970,7 +4970,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lancedb"
-version = "0.23.1-beta.0"
+version = "0.23.1-beta.1"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash",
  "anyhow",
@@ -5049,7 +5049,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lancedb-nodejs"
-version = "0.23.1-beta.0"
+version = "0.23.1-beta.1"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "arrow-ipc",
@@ -5069,7 +5069,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lancedb-python"
-version = "0.26.1-beta.0"
+version = "0.26.1-beta.1"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "async-trait",

nodejs/package-lock.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@lancedb/lancedb",
-  "version": "0.23.1-beta.0",
+  "version": "0.23.1-beta.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@lancedb/lancedb",
-      "version": "0.23.1-beta.0",
+      "version": "0.23.1-beta.1",
       "cpu": [
         "x64",
         "arm64"

python/python/lancedb/table.py

@@ -684,6 +684,24 @@ class Table(ABC):
         """
         raise NotImplementedError
 
+    def to_lance(self, **kwargs) -> lance.LanceDataset:
+        """Return the table as a lance.LanceDataset.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        lance.LanceDataset
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def to_polars(self, **kwargs) -> "pl.DataFrame":
+        """Return the table as a polars.DataFrame.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        polars.DataFrame
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
     def create_index(
         self,
         metric="l2",