Description

The RLE dictionary decoding path uses if/else branching to select between checked and unchecked indexing. This can be replaced with a single branchless .min(max_idx) clamp that:

• Prevents UB on corrupt parquet files (indices clamped to valid range)
• Removes the if/else branch, simplifying codegen
• Improves i32 dict perf by ~13%

Additionally, adding a get_batch_direct method to RleDecoder that exposes RLE vs bit-packed batches via a callback allows callers to handle each case optimally (e.g., using repeat_n for RLE runs).

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