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Upgrades xarray-sql to DataFusion 55, to match datafusion-python 55.0.0. ddxdb is moving to the same version, and xarray-sql's FFI table provider has to be built against the Python package's DataFusion.

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  • Python: datafusion==55.0.0.

  • Rust:

    • datafusion and datafusion-ffi 55.1 (55.2 resolves);
    • arrow and arrow-flight 59;
    • pyo3 and pyo3-build-config 0.29.

    These are the versions datafusion-python 55.0.0 is built on.

  • API changes in DataFusion 55:

    • ExecutionPlan has a new required method, apply_expressions. XarrayScanExec delegates it to the scan it wraps.
    • TableReference is no longer in datafusion::sql; it's imported from datafusion::common.
  • pyo3 0.29: PyCapsule::new is deprecated. The table provider's capsule now uses new_with_value, as datafusion-python's own FFI table-provider example does.

Testing

  • pytest -m "not integration": 503 passed, 277 skipped.
  • cargo check --all-targets is clean, with no warnings.
  • cargo clippy --all-features --tests -- -D warnings and cargo fmt --check, with CI's rustfmt config, are clean (Rust 1.99 from nixpkgs).

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  • Compatibility
    • Updated compatibility with newer Arrow, DataFusion, and Python integration versions.
    • Improved support for updated DataFusion expression processing and table provider interfaces.
    • Updated WebAssembly build tooling to select a compatible Rust toolchain automatically.

datafusion-python 55.0.0 is built on DataFusion 55.1, Arrow 59 and
pyo3 0.29, so xarray-sql's extension moves to the same versions; its
FFI table provider has to match the Python package's DataFusion.

- ExecutionPlan gained apply_expressions; XarrayScanExec delegates to
  the scan it wraps.
- TableReference moved out of datafusion::sql; it's in datafusion::common.
- PyCapsule::new is deprecated; the provider capsule uses
  new_with_value, as datafusion-python's own FFI example does.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>
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Rust and Python dependency requirements were updated. Rust integrations now use the updated TableReference import path, delegate expression traversal from XarrayScanExec, and use the C-string capsule API. The WebAssembly workflow now enforces a minimum Rust toolchain version.

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Arrow, DataFusion, and PyO3 versions were updated. The non-emscripten Python DataFusion requirement was updated. TableReference now comes from datafusion::common.
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src/lib.rs
XarrayScanExec delegates expression traversal to its wrapped execution plan. Table-provider capsule construction uses PyCapsule::new_with_value and a C-string literal.
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.github/workflows/ci-wasm.yml
The workflow compares Pyodide’s Rust toolchain with Rust 1.94.0 and exports the newer version.

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  • observed — Modified behavior in Cargo.toml: Updated arrow and arrow-flight to version 59, datafusion and datafusion-ffi to 55.1.0, and pyo3 to 0.29.0; dependency features and optionality remain unchanged.
  • observed — Modified behavior in Cargo.toml: Updated the build dependency pyo3-build-config from 0.28 to 0.29.
  • observed — Modified behavior in pyproject.toml: The non-emscripten datafusion dependency requirement changes from 54.0.0 to 55.0.0.
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Linked Issues check Warning Issue #272 requires caching batches for registered in-memory, non-lazy Dataset variables and invalidating the cache when the same table name is registered again. The supplied change summary shows only… Implement the #272 batch cache for eligible in-memory Dataset variables. Invalidate the cache on same-name registration. Add automated coverage for repeated scans and table replacement.
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Implement the #272 batch cache for eligible in-memory Dataset variables. Invalidate the cache on same-name registration. Add automated coverage for repeated scans and table replacement.

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DataFusion 55 requires Rust 1.94, and Pyodide 314.0.7, the newest stable
release, pins 1.93.0. The wasm build now uses whichever is newer; the
smoke test still loads the wheel in Pyodide.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>
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Fixes #272. **Stacked on #274** (DataFusion 55): review only the commits
after #274's, and merge after #274.

## Why

Every scan of a lazy xarray-sql table goes through `datafusion-ffi`,
which costs about 1.5 ms per scan. On every scan it rebuilds the
session, and on every partition's execution the task context, every
registered function included (#273, a draft to re-file upstream).

That cost is noise for one scan of a large Dataset. But DataFusion
inlines a CTE or a view at every reference, so a query over small tables
can scan them thousands of times. The GPT in the ML demos (#269) scans
its tables 2,989 times in one forward pass, and this overhead was 6.7 s
of the 9.2 s.

## What

- `Context.from_dataset` converts a Dataset once, at registration, and
registers it as a native DataFusion in-memory table, bypassing FFI, when
the Dataset:
- is already in memory (every variable is NumPy, per xarray's
`Variable._in_memory`; not Dask or a lazily opened file);
  - is at most 64 MiB as long-form Arrow.

The table has a partition per chunk, up to the CPU count, so chunking
still sets parallelism.
- Every other Dataset keeps the lazy table, with partition pruning,
projection pushdown and exact statistics.
- Mixed-dimension Datasets register each dimension group in their
schema, as an in-memory table taken from `register_record_batches` under
a placeholder name, which is then removed. The table itself is
registered, not a view of it, so a query's plan scans the registered
name; ddx needs that name to find the table it differentiates.
- **Memory:** the table shares the Dataset's arrays rather than copying
them. NumPy's buffers pass through `pa.array` and Arrow's C data
interface into DataFusion unchanged, and partitions are contiguous row
ranges, so no chunking forces a copy. The table adds its dimension
columns, one value per row for each dimension. A Fortran-ordered array
is copied once.

## Results

| | before | after |
|---|---:|---:|
| `SELECT *` over a 1,040-row in-memory Dataset | 1.7 ms | 0.26 ms |
| GPT forward loss (DataFusion 54, the same tables registered in memory)
| 9.2 s | 2.5 s |
| GPT training step through ddx, cached program | 1.17 s | 0.81 s |

The GPT numbers come from registering the demo's tables with
`register_record_batches`, which is what this change does. The demo
itself can't run on this branch until ddxdb supports DataFusion 55.

## Tests

- **New:**
- a small in-memory Dataset becomes a native table and returns the same
rows as the same Dataset read lazily;
- a mixed-dimension Dataset registers native tables in its schema and
leaves nothing extra in the catalog;
  - an in-memory Dataset over 64 MiB stays lazy;
- the table shares the Dataset's memory under four chunkings: a change
made in place shows in the next query, as it does for a lazy table.
- **Changed:** the statistics and pruning tests (`test_stats.py`, and
the duration-pruning test in `test_sql.py`) exercise the lazy table, so
they now register Dask-backed Datasets (`ds.chunk()`).
- `pytest -m "not integration"`: 510 passed, 277 skipped. mypy 1.11.2 is
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## Summary by CodeRabbit

* **New Features**
* Small, in-memory datasets that meet supported layout requirements can
be queried through native tables; larger or chunked datasets continue to
be read lazily.
* Queries reflect in-place value changes to registered datasets. If
missing-value positions change, register the dataset again for accurate
results.

* **Tests**
* Expanded coverage for eager and lazy queries, dataset sizes and
dimensions, shared value updates, and statistics.
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