feat: Allow to use repeat_by
with (nested) lists and structs
#21206
+789
−68
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Resolves #21151.
This PR introduces logic to use
repeat_by
with columns of arbitrarily nested lists and structs, extending the current functionality beyond primitive & binary types.The implementation was a little hairy as the arbitrary inner dtypes of lists and structs requires plenty of dynamic type conversions. This is the first time I did something like this in polars; very happy about any feedback to make the code simpler/more efficient :)
That being said... it works flawlessly with all examples that I tried 😄
Very minimal performance test: