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feat(api): add FieldNotFoundError #10412

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I have been getting sick of typing some_table_or_struct.field_that_doesnt_exist_or_has_a_small_typo and then getting a useless error message. This PR makes that UX much better.

Still need to add tests, but I wanted to get this up here for some initial thoughts before I invested more time. Is this something we want to pursue?

values = []
errs = []
# bind positional arguments
for arg in args:
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This is somewhat orthogonal to the FieldNotFoundError stuff. But if I have multiple bogus columns, eg table.select("bogus", "also_bogus") I only see the first error. I want to see them all.

if len(bindings) != 1:
raise com.IbisInputError(
"Keyword arguments cannot produce more than one value"
)
(value,) = bindings
values.append(value.name(key))
if errs:
raise com.IbisError(
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not sure if IbisError is the best type for this.

@@ -739,8 +757,9 @@ def __getattr__(self, key: str) -> ir.Column:
"""
try:
return ops.Field(self, key).to_expr()
except com.IbisTypeError:
pass
except com.FieldNotFoundError as e:
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There is a slight difference in ux here that I'd love to unify

  • if I do Table.totally_bogus, then I get AttributeError: 'Table' object has no attribute 'bogus'
  • if I do Table["totally_bogus"], then I get FieldNotFoundError: 'bogus' not found in Table object. Possible options: {'x'}

I'm not sure which is better. If we say Possible options:... then that only includes the field names, and misses all the Table methods. But, all methods are 1. in the docs and 2. should have tab completion in many cases, so I bet typos are a lot more likely on column typos than method typos. So I think the FieldNotFoundError with the suggestion might be better.

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Also a difference between Tables and Structs. I'd love for them to have the same behavior too.

@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ def __getitem__(self, name: str) -> ir.Value:
KeyError: 'foo_bar'
"""
if name not in self.names:
raise KeyError(name)
raise FieldNotFoundError(self, name, self.names)
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I think it's OK to be breaking here and not raise a KeyError anymore?

I have been getting sick of typing some_table_or_struct.field_that_doesnt_exist_or_has_a_small_typo and then getting a useless error message. This PR makes that UX much better.

Still need to add tests, but I wanted to get this up here for some initial thoughts before I invested more time. Is this something we want to pursue?
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