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Failed to modify column's default value when has expression index

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affects-7.5 affects-8.1 affects-8.5 severity/major sig/sql-infra type/bug type/regression
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Description

## Bug Report

Please answer these questions before submitting your issue. Thanks!

### 1. Minimal reproduce step (Required)

```
mysql> create table t1 (a char(20) not null, index((lower(a))));
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.09 sec)

mysql> alter table t1 modify a char(20) default null;
```

### 2. What did you expect to see? (Required)

Success.

### 3. What did you see instead (Required)

```
ERROR 3106 (HY000): '[ddl:3837]Column 'a' has an expression index dependency and cannot be dropped or renamed' is not supported for generated columns.
```

This error message does not match the operation and has a poor format.

I can reproduce this error in both nightly and v7.5.1, but in serverless (`5.7.28-TiDB-v7.1.1-serverless`) it works fine.

### 4. What is your TiDB version? (Required)

```
Release Version: v8.1.0-alpha-24-g555ce02352
Edition: Community
Git Commit Hash: 555ce0235229dc370cc8e63574437cf9ee60bdd0
Git Branch: HEAD
UTC Build Time: 2024-04-03 14:18:26
GoVersion: go1.21.6
Race Enabled: false
Check Table Before Drop: false
Store: tikv
```

From Django tests `migrations.test_operations.OperationTests.test_alter_field_with_func_index`

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