[Feature] Unpack predicate boolean kernel bitmaps a byte at a time
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Description
## Search before asking
- [x] I searched in the [issues](https://github.com/apache/paimon-cpp/issues) and found nothing similar.
## Motivation
Two predicate leaf functions evaluate a batch by running an `arrow::compute` kernel and reading back the `arrow::BooleanArray` it writes: `MultiLiteralsLeafFunction` (`IN` / `NOT IN`, via `IsIn`) and `NullFalseLeafBinaryFunction` (the comparison functions). A kernel returns a bitmap, one bit per row, but `LeafFunction::Test` returns `std::vector`, one byte per row, so both call sites spread the bits over bytes with the same per-row loop: test `IsNull`, read `Value`, apply the negation `NOT IN` needs, store a byte. That is a shift, a mask and a byte store per row, duplicated across the two call sites, on the selection path every filtered batch goes through.
## Solution
Extract the spread into one helper, `ArrowUtils::UnpackBooleansToBytes(array, negate)`, and read the bitmap a byte at a time instead of a bit at a time:
- A compile-time table maps each of the 256 bitmap bytes to the eight bytes it expands to, so the aligned body produces eight rows per iteration with one lookup and one 8-byte store.
- A scalar head and tail cover the rows sharing a partial leading or trailing byte, which is where the array offset is not byte-aligned; a batch a kernel has just written is aligned, so it takes the fast body throughout.
- The offset and the validity bitmap are honoured exactly as `BooleanArray::Value()` and `Array::IsValid()` honour them, and a null row unpacks to 0 whatever the value bitmap holds for it, which is what both `IN` / `NOT IN` and every `NullFalseLeafBinaryFunction` require.
`MultiLiteralsLeafFunction` passes its `negate` through; `NullFalseLeafBinaryFunction` passes `negate=false`. The bytes each returns are unchanged.
## Anything else?
A property test that asserts the helper equals a row-by-row reference through the very accessors it replaces, over every `(offset, length)` slice of a bitmap whose value and null periods are not multiples of eight and both negate values, pins the offset, validity and negate handling against the definitions it optimizes. No change to any header under `include/paimon/`, the storage format, or the protocol: `ArrowUtils` is an internal utility under `src/paimon/common/utils/arrow/`.
## Are you willing to submit a PR?
- [x] I'm willing to submit a PR!
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start in src/paimon/common/utils/arrow/ and locate MultiLiteralsLeafFunction and NullFalseLeafBinaryFunction, then trace their existing bitmap-to-byte loops through LeafFunction::Test. Add the shared helper and a property test covering every offset and length, both negate values, and non-byte-aligned validity periods. Done means the helper matches the row-by-row accessor reference and both callers return unchanged bytes.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- data
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 74/100