[2023-11-06] Library & Engine Team Update

[GregoryTravis]

• James: Change widget for Order By. Change widget for Order By. #8226
• Radosław: Implement Table.lookup_and_replace in Database Implement Table.lookup_and_replace in Database #8146
• Radosław: Improve performance of Join_Condition.Between by sorting on one dimension
  Improve performance of Join_Condition.Between by sorting on one dimension #8212
  • Also includes Remove unit tests that measure some operation #8204
• Radosław: Simplify internal logic of Table.order_by, avoid unnecessary warning
  Simplify internal logic of Table.order_by, avoid unnecessary warning #8221
• Radosław: finishing a PR from last week (review, fixing tests)
  Limit max_rows that are downloaded in Table.read by default, and warn if more rows are available #8159
  • Enabled some assertions that used to be just comments in the library code, thanks to the Runtime.assert implemented by Pavel.
• Greg: Overhaul the random number and item generation code Overhaul the random number and item generation code #8127
• Greg: Implement Table.format similar to Table.parse allowing to format columns in bulk Implement Table.format similar to Table.parse allowing to format columns in bulk #8150
• Greg: Constant columns (in expressions and Column_Operations) should have clearer names Constant columns (in expressions and Column_Operations) should have clearer names #8188
• Greg: remove extra content/home -- do not review, just testing remove extra content/home -- do not review, just testing #8208
• Greg: Allow the creation of a constant column on an in-memory table with no rows. Allow the creation of a constant column on an in-memory table with no rows. #8218
• Jaroslav: Eliminate references to Truffle nodes & co. in the compiler Eliminate references to Truffle nodes & co. in the compiler #8172
• Jaroslav: Caches belong to runtime, not IR compiler Caches belong to runtime, not IR compiler #8178
• Jaroslav: Removal of useless ApplicationSaturation phase Removal of useless ApplicationSaturation phase #8181
• Jaroslav: Allow reassigning of BindingsMap Allow reassigning of BindingsMap #8190
• Jaroslav: Introducing engine/runtime-compiler project Introducing engine/runtime-compiler project #8197
• Jaroslav: Organizing Enso projects into physical folders Organizing Enso projects into physical folders #8205
• Jaroslav: Store IR caches in suitable format to read them "on demand" Store IR caches in suitable format to read them "on demand" #8207
• Hubert: Apply custom log levels to Truffle logger Apply custom log levels to Truffle logger #8162
• Hubert: Use TruffleLogger bound to the engine to prevent illegal usage Use TruffleLogger bound to the engine to prevent illegal usage #8169
• Hubert: Upgrade directory-watcher library Upgrade directory-watcher library #8201
• Hubert: OpenFileCmd sends a reply when finished OpenFileCmd sends a reply when finished #8225
• Pavel: Add disable-private-check option Add disable-private-check option #8202
• Pavel: Upgrade Enso to GraalVM for jdk 21 Upgrade enso to GraalVM for jdk 21 #7991
• Dmitry: Inline Execution Inline Execution #8148
• Dmitry: Unlock resources initialization asynchronously Unlock resources initialization asynchronously #8206

[radeusgd]

I've added a few new benchmarks to be able to compare the Join performance on the Between conditions.