Python: Add repr() sanitizer to py/log-injection query

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Summary

This PR improves the py/log-injection query by recognizing repr() and the %r format specifier as sanitizers for log injection.

Problem

MRVA (Multi-Repository Variant Analysis) on the top-100 Python repositories revealed many false positives where user-controlled values are logged safely via repr() or %r. Since repr() escapes special characters like newlines (converting \n to the literal string \\n), it effectively prevents log injection attacks. The query was flagging these safe patterns unnecessarily.

Changes

1. New ReprCallSanitizer class - Recognizes calls to the built-in repr() function as sanitizers, since repr() escapes special characters such as newlines.

2. New isReprFormattedLoggingArg predicate - Excludes arguments that are formatted with %r in the logging format string from being considered sinks. When a logging call like logging.warning('User: %r', name) is used, the %r format specifier applies repr() internally, which escapes newlines.

3. Test cases - Added good_repr1() (using repr(name) in string concatenation) and good_repr2() (using %r format specifier) to the existing test file.

4. Change notes - Added under both python/ql/lib/change-notes/ and python/ql/src/change-notes/.

MRVA Validation

• Before: 335 alerts across top-100 Python repositories
• After: 196 alerts (41% reduction in false positives)
• No true positives were lost - all eliminated alerts were confirmed false positives where repr() or %r was used to sanitize the input.

Why this is correct

Python's repr() function returns a string representation that escapes special characters:

>>> repr("hello\nworld")
"'hello\\nworld'"

Since log injection relies on injecting newline characters to forge log entries, repr() is an effective sanitizer. The %r format specifier in logging calls applies repr() automatically.

[mrigankpawagi]

Good, opened as PR 22038 on github/codeql.