Wyatt AltandClaude Opus 5.5 fad3a1125a feat: allow Function columns to read computed columns (#4460)
Lets a registered-Function column read another computed column (SQL or
Function). Resolves ENT-2780.

Nothing records which rows of a computed column have been filled, so a
refresh treats a null computed input as "not yet computed". It skips the
row and leaves the outputs null until a later refresh, after the input
is filled. Because the Function never receives a null from a computed
input, that input binds a non-nullable parameter.

The trade-off is that a computed input which is null by definition (a
SQL expression that yields null, or a Function row skipped on error)
leaves the downstream row unfilled.

## Changes

- `plan_function_application` and `ensure_binding_matches_schema` now
accept computed inputs and record them as non-nullable. They still
refuse inputs that are:
  - unrecognized computed kinds,
  - incomplete declarations,
  - internal Function assignment columns.
- A new public `function_input_is_computed` reports whether an input
reads a computed column. A new public `computed_function_inputs` lists
the inputs a server refresh must find non-null before it computes a row.
- `ensure_supported_function_metadata` now refuses a schema whose
computed columns read each other in a cycle. A declaration can only read
columns that already exist, so only a schema supplied whole can contain
one.
- Dropping an upstream output while a downstream binding still reads it
is refused by the existing binding guard. This is now covered by a test.

The server-side refresh change (skipping rows that are not ready,
clearing them on recompute) lives in sophon and follows this PR.

## Testing

- `cargo test -p lancedb --features remote --lib -- computed refresh
freshness schema_evolution function`: 255 passed.
- `cargo clippy -p lancedb --features remote --tests -- -D warnings`:
clean.

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-10-07 07:42:31 -07:00
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