apache / apache/datafusion

Support `UNNEST` as table function (UDTF)

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Description

### Is your feature request related to a problem or challenge?

`UNNEST` is implemented in two ways, `SELECT UNNEST(...)` is handled with other functions https://github.com/apache/datafusion/blob/84232d806070f4b177e35148255c501a5f6e740b/datafusion/sql/src/expr/function.rs#L246-L255

And `SELECT ... FROM UNNEST(...)` is provided as `TableFactory` https://github.com/apache/datafusion/blob/84232d806070f4b177e35148255c501a5f6e740b/datafusion/sql/src/relation/mod.rs#L117-L123

But those two ways are both non-generic, cases like substrait can't handle it properly, as the decoder will try to look for table function:

```rs
async fn roundtrip_unnest() -> Result<()> {
roundtrip("SELECT * FROM unnest([1, 2, 3])").await
}
```

### Describe the solution you'd like

Implement `UNNEST` as a table function, making it more general and reduce the complexity (and branches) of implementation

### Describe alternatives you've considered

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### Additional context

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