[2023-10-02] Library & Engine Team Update

[GregoryTravis]

• James: Using conversions in a few places Using conversions in a few places #7859
• James: Completed superstore sample workflow and dataset.
• James: Design work and initial implementation of Enso Cloud connectors.
• Radosław: Follow up improvements to Date_Time_Formatter
  Follow up improvements to Date_Time_Formatter #7875
  Make Data_Formatter.parse use Value_Type #7866
• Radosław: Implement auto_value_type operation Implement auto_value_type operation #7908
• Radosław: Fix inconsistency when building a Mixed column, fixes to Union
  Fix inconsistency when building a Mixed column, fixes to Union #7919
• Radosław: Avoid exponential growth of column names Avoid exponential growth of column names #7934
• Radosław: Fix a bug where 1.000 was by default parsed as 1000 and not 1.0; ensure that auto inference never infers thousand separator and decimal point to the same character
  Fix NumberParser to avoid thousandSeparator==decimalPoint and prefer US decimal format #7946
• Greg: Improve HTTP tests Improve HTTP tests #7847
• Greg: remove test relying on S3 access remove test relying on S3 access #7911
• Cassandra: Add Text.substring to allow for an easy short hand of Text.take (start.up_to end) Add Text.substring to allow for an easy short hand of Text.take (start.up_to end) #7913
• Cassandra: Change filter_blank_rows when_any parameter to have a more user-friendly type Change filter_blank_rows when_any parameter to have a more user-friendly type #7935
• Jaroslav: Presentation at GraalVM meetup
• Jaroslav: Adjusting to GraalVM for JDK21+ Adjusting to GraalVM for JDK21+ #7855
• Jaroslav: Upgrading to Frgaal compiler 20.0.1 Upgrading to Frgaal compiler 20.0.1 #7860
• Jaroslav: Downloadable VSCode extension Downloadable VSCode extension #7861
• Jaroslav: Meta.Type.find a type by FQN Meta.Type.find a type by FQN #7885
• Jaroslav: Log nothing when class is found Log nothing when class is found #7897
• Jaroslav: Make sure Integer can be treated as Float Make sure Integer can be treated as Float #7909
• Jaroslav: Deadlock in NI build wrt. classloading: "Image generator watchdog detected no activity" #7850
• Jaroslav: WebSocket Polyfill for Graal.js
• Hubert: Always log to console and file Always log to console and file #7825
• Hubert: Enable log-to-file configuration Enable log-to-file configuration #7918
• Hubert: HTTPS and WSS support in LS Add support for https and wss #7937
• Hubert: Investigating LS issues in new GUI integration Unreliable Language Server behavior in the new GUI #7898
• Hubert: Investigating transient failures in engine Potential deadlock when executing engine jobs #7941
• Pavel: Implement private modules Implement private modules #7840
• Pavel: Run Enso tests with assertions enabled Run Enso tests with assertions enabled #7882
• Pavel: Implement Enso-specific assert Implement Enso-specific assert #7883
• Pavel: Enable Enso asserts on CI Enable Enso asserts on CI #7929
• Dmitry: Open projects using the packaged language server Open projects using the packaged language server #7868
• Dmitry: Use a packaged enginels when running projects Use a packaged enginels when running projects #7907
• Dmitry: Use a packaged engine when running projects Use a packaged engine when running projects #7912