KarthikSandXuanwo 982b2a1229 fix(python): restore sync remote connection and table API parity (#4473)
Fixes #4400.

Sync remote connections fail on `uri`, `len(db)`, and `name in db`, and
remote tables lack `namespace`, `id`, and `replace_field_metadata`.
Share the paginated connection helpers and table identifier contract
through the base classes, and delegate remote metadata replacement to
the existing async implementation. Unsupported remote session and
read-consistency properties raise explicit `NotImplementedError`s.

Reconciled with main at `3dd57978`, including the synchronous method
signatures from #4498. The local session fix has already landed in
#4433, so this PR preserves its supplied-session-or-None contract and
adds no Rust/PyO3 session access. Namespace connections retain their
writable properties.

Existing custom `Table` subclasses remain instantiable: `namespace`
defaults to a fresh empty list, and deprecated `replace_field_metadata`
delegates to `update_field_metadata` with `replace=True` while retaining
its `None` return. Native and remote overrides are preserved. Regression
tests instantiate an old-style subclass through normal ABC class
creation and verify identifiers, independent namespace lists,
deprecation, and exact metadata delegation.

Historical validation at `03c43f7b` before the latest main integration
and subclass compatibility repair, Ubuntu x86-64, Python 3.12.13:

- Rebuilt the native extension with the repository `ci` profile and
locked Python dependencies.
- 273 tests passed across `test_sync_api_parity.py`, `test_db.py`,
`test_remote_db.py`, and `test_session.py`.
- 84 namespace and catalog compatibility tests passed (357 tests total).
- Python SDK lint and formatting pass (158 files); changed-file checks
and `git diff --check` pass.
- Repository-wide lint/format checks report existing issues in unchanged
`docs/web-tests` files (49 lint findings and 11 formatting files). These
are outside this patch.

Remote tests use the existing HTTP fixtures through the rebuilt native
client; the original aarch64 server deployment was not recreated.

Validation after merging main `3dd57978` and the compatibility repair
(macOS ARM64, uv-managed Python 3.12.12, rebuilt editable native
extension):
- 60 focused parity, signature, and error-contract tests passed.
- 381 database, remote, session, namespace, catalog, and sync parity
tests passed; 2 platform-dependent tests skipped.
- The two new subclass regressions fail against the pre-repair
implementation with the expected abstract-member instantiation error,
then pass with the repair.
- Python SDK Ruff lint/format passes (167 files); repository-wide
findings remain confined to unchanged docs/web-tests (49 lint findings,
11 formatting files).

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Co-authored-by: Xuanwo <github@xuanwo.io>
2026-10-26 20:12:53 +08:00
2023-03-17 18:15:19 -07:00
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