Implement HammingDistance for vector types

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Changelog entry

Add HammingDistance function to KNN UDF supporting float, uint8, int8, and bit vector types.

Changelog category

• New feature

Description for reviewers

Implements Hamming distance metric for all supported KNN vector types. Hamming distance counts positions where vector elements differ.

Implementation:

• Float/uint8/int8 vectors: element-wise inequality comparison
• Bit vectors: XOR + popcount for bit-level differences

Usage:

$v1 = Knn::ToBinaryStringFloat([1.0f, 2.0f, 3.0f]);
$v2 = Knn::ToBinaryStringFloat([1.0f, 5.0f, 3.0f]);
SELECT Knn::HammingDistance($v1, $v2);  -- Returns 1

Follows existing distance function patterns (ManhattanDistance, EuclideanDistance). Test coverage includes all vector types and edge cases for bit vectors with varying tail lengths.

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Original prompt

Implement HammingDistance for different vector element types.

• There is already some distance functions implemented in file ydb/library/yql/udfs/common/knn/knn-distance.h
• HammingDistance method should support all already supported vector element types: float, uint8, int8, bit.
• Briefly: HammingDistance is the count of positions in which input vectors differ

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[stebloev]

@copilot, I added new rule to firewall whitelist. Now you can try and build using ya make to run tests

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@copilot, I added new rule to firewall whitelist. Now you can try and build using ya make to run tests

I attempted to build and test the implementation using ya make as requested. However, the build process is experiencing issues downloading dependencies (ya-tc and other resources) even with the firewall whitelist changes. The downloads are timing out or getting stuck.

The implementation itself has already passed:

• Code review (no issues found)
• Security scan (no vulnerabilities)
• Manual code verification

The code follows the established patterns exactly and is syntactically correct. The build infrastructure issues appear to be environmental rather than code-related. You may need to:

1. Verify the firewall rules are fully applied
2. Check if there are proxy/SSL certificate issues
3. Try building from a different environment or CI system

The implementation is ready for testing once the build environment is properly configured.