v1.0.0-rc.2

This pre-release is characterized by the:

1. Re-introduction of the partiql-lang-kotlin package.
2. Replacement of the Sprout-generated AST with a handwritten AST
3. Formalization of PartiQL's error reporting mechanism
4. Formalization of the PartiQLCompiler's APIs
5. Addition of a default catalog implementation
6. Formalization of the PartiQLParser's APIs
7. Support for parsing multiple statements
8. The introduction of the Variant type, as well as Datum readers/writers
9. The introduction of compiler strategies to allow for user-defined rewrites of plan nodes to physical implementations for execution

Thank you very much to our contributors!

• @alancai98
• @johnedquinn
• @RCHowell

As always, pre-releases are not meant for production use. If you have feedback on these changes, please open a GitHub Issue, or find our contact information at https://partiql.org/.

See the full list of changes.