Update version numbers across Rust, Python, and documentation files to 1.1.0. Enhance the .gitignore to include macOS dSYM files and plans directory. Introduce new dependencies in the Rust core library and update the README to reflect recent performance benchmarks and backtesting engine capabilities. Add new artifacts to the benchmarks manifest and improve documentation for the backtesting engine API.
Introduce two new functions, _optional_pandas_module and _optional_polars_module, to lazily import and cache the pandas and polars libraries. This change reduces overhead in hot paths by avoiding unnecessary imports when these libraries are not available. Update existing wrappers to utilize these functions for improved performance and cleaner error handling.
Pratik Bhadane