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feat(RFC): Adds agg, field utility classes #3505

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@dangotbanned dangotbanned commented Jul 26, 2024

Will close #3239

I've isolated these into a new module.
Currently, this is only to support discussions like #3239 (comment) to test out the syntax/design.

I'm not looking to add these into api.py until these are resolved:

They will be too difficult to find currently, but having this in a public branch will make refining the design easier.

Purely for visual demonstration
Ensures the same output from
```py
alt.Y("count()")
alt.Y(alt.agg.count())
```
SelectionPredicateComposition({'field': 'Origin', 'oneOf': ['Japan', 'Europe']})
"""

def __new__( # type: ignore[misc]
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Wanted to highlight this current design quirk.

import altair as alt

>>> alt.field("Origin:N")
{'field': 'Origin', 'type': 'nominal'}

>>> alt.agg("Origin:N")
{'field': 'Origin', 'type': 'nominal'}
  1. I'm anticipating users would expect alt.field() to work this way, despite shorthand being unrelated.
  2. I also think using alt.agg() without specifying an aggregation wouldn't seem an intuitive way to define a field.
  3. The other choices for what to return
    • Each wrapped Field...Predicate already has a constructor
    • the faux-parent Predicate class is just a Union
    • the unrelated Field class seems to be wrapping a str (not a {"field": "..."})

@dangotbanned dangotbanned added the v6 Aim to be completed for version 6 label Aug 13, 2024
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More convenient syntax instead of FieldOneOfPredicate
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