feat(python): expose FTS query tokenization - #8415
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✅ Gate recommendation: approve.
This closes a real FTS observability gap at the right boundary: the Python API reuses the production Rust tokenizer configuration and query-token collector, while shared option parsing keeps index creation aligned. The additive API, documentation, and focused coverage preserve the existing query and index contracts.
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What is the new feature?
Add public
lance.tokenize(...)andFtsToken(text, position)APIs for inspecting FTS query tokenization without creating a dataset or index.Why do we need this feature?
Applications need to preview and debug the exact query terms and positions produced by Lance tokenizer configuration before running a search or building an index.
How does it work?
Validation
CARGO_BUILD_JOBS=2 make buildfrompython/: passedthe Cats and Dogs->[("cat", 0), ("dog", 2)]uv run make lintfrompython/: passedcargo fmt --all -- --check: passedcargo clippy --all --tests --benches -- -D warnings: passedgit diff main...HEAD --check: passedThe only build warning was the existing macOS linker warning that
__eh_frameis too large.Linear: OSS-2008