Templates support - #551
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Closes #173
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What changed and why?
Adds support for PyDough templates — reusable, parametrized PyDough/Python snippets registered in metadata, so common query patterns can be defined once and reused. This PR adds:
templatesmetadata object, withattributes(labeled values usable as template arguments) anddefinitions(the templates themselves).pydough.call_template(name, labels=...)API using human-facing labels.pd.DataFrame.How I tested this?
test_templates.py, covering end-to-end template calls (direct and viacall_template), metadata parsing/validation error cases, andcall_templateruntime error cases (unknown template, unknown/missing labels, type mismatches, disallowed usage).Notes for reviewers
Minor
from_stringrefactor as part of this:from_stringandcall_templatenow share a common_execute_sourcehelper, with areturn_unqualifiedflag (Truerequires the source to produce anUnqualifiedNode;Falseallows any return type, needed for literal-returning templates).