Merge branch 'SL-collection-indexes' into SL-v2

full empty-options-hiding in table index definition as_dict + adjust …

fix some unit tests

Merge branch 'SL-collection-indexes' into SL-v2

completed 'inert' work on listindexes, parking as is for now

adjust against 1906 as temp measure

basic support for column indexes (with 'entries', no testing)

refactor map2tuple logic to use discriminator functions

full onboarding of the map2tuple serdes option

refactoring of map2tuple path definition + unit test thereof

serdes option to control auto-tuple behaviour, added specific tests t…

Merge branch 'SL-v2' into SL-pr1876-tuples

update docstring for collection find/one about include_similarity

changesfile

Merge branch 'SL-dot-escaping' into SL-v2

cleanup of map2tuple_paths for updateOne

disabled auto-tuples for any 'filter' portion of any payload

signature change in create[vector]index table methods

finalize distinct docstrings

align un/escape utilities to latest conventions

basic support for tuples in table payloads (no actual test in filters…

wip for maps-as-tuples: got the basics working

unescape of empty string returns empty list

path segments in utilities can be integers

distinct: enriched int. tests with full coverage of list key inputs

distinct methods accept list of literals and escape str input. WIP in…

added more tests of doc-path manip

unit tests for the escape/unescape utilities

escape utilities; wip unit tests thereof