Implement `array_aggregate` function
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Description
### Is your feature request related to a problem or challenge?
## Summary
| Characteristic | Description |
| --------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Function name: | `array_aggregate` |
| Aliases: | `list_aggregate`, `array_aggr`, `list_aggr` |
| Original function?: | No |
| Function Description: | DuckDB: Executes the aggregate function name on the elements of list. See the List Aggregates section for more details. |
| Sources: | [Concept](https://github.com/apache/arrow-datafusion/discussions/6855) [DuckDB](https://duckdb.org/docs/sql/functions/nested) |
## Examples:
```
D select list_aggregate([1, 2, NULL], 'min');
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ list_aggregate(main.list_value(1, 2, NULL), 'min') │
│ int32 │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 1 │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
```
```
D select list_aggregate([1, 3, NULL, 5], 'sum');
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ list_aggregate(main.list_value(1, 3, NULL, 5), 'sum') │
│ int128 │
├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 9 │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
```
### Describe the solution you'd like
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### Describe alternatives you've considered
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### Additional context
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Contributor guide
Research direction
No implementation files or test paths are named in the issue. Start by locating DataFusion's existing list functions and aggregate-function tests, then compare the requested aliases and DuckDB examples; done means array_aggregate and its listed aliases execute named aggregates over list elements with the shown NULL behavior.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust, sql
- Domain
- databases
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100