Initial commit: manifoldbt public repo

Python DSL, examples, docs, benchmarks, and tests.
Rust engine distributed as pre-compiled wheel via PyPI.

pyproject.toml

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+[project]
+name = "manifoldbt"
+version = "0.1.0"
+description = "Rust-powered backtesting engine for quantitative research"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
+license = "MIT"
+keywords = ["backtesting", "trading", "quantitative-finance", "rust"]
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
+    "Intended Audience :: Financial and Insurance Industry",
+    "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "Programming Language :: Rust",
+    "Topic :: Office/Business :: Financial :: Investment",
+]
+dependencies = ["pyarrow>=14.0"]
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+plot = ["matplotlib>=3.7"]
+pandas = ["pandas>=1.5"]
+polars = ["polars>=0.20"]
+plotly = ["plotly>=5.0"]
+all = ["matplotlib>=3.7", "plotly>=5.0", "pandas>=1.5", "polars>=0.20"]
+dev = ["pytest>=7.0", "polars>=0.20", "pandas>=1.5", "pyarrow>=14.0", "matplotlib>=3.7"]
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "https://manifold-bt.com"
+Repository = "https://github.com/manifoldbt/manifoldbt"
+
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+testpaths = ["python/tests"]