Feature complex columns

[ronanstokes-db]

Proposed changes

Add support for use of complex columns such as array, map and struct type columns.

Changes include:

• allowing use of constructs such as "map<string, int>" in column type definition
• defaulting columns of type array, map and struct to null unless expr attribute is populated
• adding test cases for use of map, struct and array columns
• validating reported issues around use of array and struct valued columns

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Codecov Report

Merging #150 (1af73a1) into master (41f41bb) will increase coverage by 0.51%. The diff coverage is 98.33%.

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+ Hits         2104     2199      +95     
+ Misses        159      157       -2     
+ Partials       84       83       -1     

Impacted Files	Coverage Δ
dbldatagen/data_generator.py	84.03% <ø> (ø)
dbldatagen/schema_parser.py	97.26% <98.23%> (+3.92%)	:arrow_up:
dbldatagen/column_generation_spec.py	88.02% <100.00%> (+0.69%)	:arrow_up:
dbldatagen/data_analyzer.py	84.21% <0.00%> (ø)

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