[MDEV-20696] Remove Column_definition::key_length - Jira

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Let's remove the member Column_definition::key_length and introduce a new virtual method in Type_handler instead:

virtual uint calc_key_length(const Column_definition &def) const;

Note, key_length is a redundant member. It can be unambiguously calculated, depending on the data type, from:

There is no a need to copy this member around the code.

Removing key_length will simplify the job being done in Type_handler methods:

which will give a simpler data type API.

Also, later this change will simplify to unify these Type_handler methods:

   virtual Field *make_table_field(MEM_ROOT *root,

                                  const LEX_CSTRING *name,

                                  const Record_addr &addr,

                                  const Type_all_attributes &attr,

                                  TABLE *table) const= 0;

and

  virtual Field *

  make_table_field_from_def(TABLE_SHARE *share,

                            MEM_ROOT *mem_root,

                            const LEX_CSTRING *name,

                            const Record_addr &addr,

                            const Bit_addr &bit,

                            const Column_definition_attributes *attr,

                            uint32 flags) const= 0;

into a single method.

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MDEV-4912 Data type plugin API version 1

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