[FEATURE] Add kwargs override support for execute and executeStmt methods

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Overview

This PR implements the ability to override constructor parameters on a per-execution basis for the execute() and executeStmt() methods by accepting **kwargs. This allows users to change output formats, CSV formatting, authentication, and other parameters for individual queries without modifying the StackQL instance configuration.

Problem

Previously, if you created a StackQL instance with a specific output format (e.g., CSV), you had to use that format for all queries or create a new instance. This was inconvenient when you needed different output formats for different queries in the same workflow.

Solution

Both execute() and executeStmt() now accept keyword arguments that override constructor parameters for individual query executions:

from pystackql import StackQL

# Create instance with CSV output by default
provider_auth = {
    "github": {
        "credentialsenvvar": "GITHUBCREDS",
        "type": "basic"
    }
}
stackql = StackQL(auth=provider_auth, output="csv")

# This returns CSV format (default)
csv_result = stackql.execute("select id, name from github.repos.repos where org = 'stackql'")
print(csv_result)
# Output: id,name
#         443987542,stackql
#         441087132,stackql-provider-registry
#         ...

# Override to dict format for this query only
dict_result = stackql.execute("select id, name from github.repos.repos where org = 'stackql'", output="dict")
print(dict_result)
# Output: [{"id":"443987542","name":"stackql"},{"id":"441087132","name":"stackql-provider-registry"},...]

# Subsequent calls use the original CSV format
csv_result2 = stackql.execute("select id, name from github.repos.repos where org = 'stackql' limit 1")

Changes Made

Core Implementation

• Modified execute() and executeStmt() methods to accept **kwargs
• Added generate_params_for_execution() helper function to merge base and override parameters
• Updated QueryExecutor.execute() to accept override_params parameter
• Stored _base_kwargs in StackQL instance during initialization for dynamic parameter generation

Supported Override Parameters

• output: Output format ('dict', 'pandas', or 'csv')
• sep: CSV delimiter/separator (when output='csv')
• header: Include headers in CSV output (when output='csv')
• auth: Custom authentication for providers
• custom_registry: Custom StackQL provider registry URL
• max_results, page_limit, max_depth: Query execution limits
• api_timeout: API request timeout
• http_debug: Enable HTTP debug logging
• Proxy settings: proxy_host, proxy_port, proxy_user, proxy_password, proxy_scheme
• Backend settings: backend_storage_mode, backend_file_storage_location, app_root
• Execution settings: execution_concurrency_limit, dataflow_dependency_max, dataflow_components_max

Features

• ✅ Works in both local and server modes
• ✅ Instance configuration remains unchanged after override usage
• ✅ Fully backward compatible - existing code continues to work
• ✅ Comprehensive test coverage with 7 new tests
• ✅ Detailed documentation with examples

Testing

Created comprehensive test suite (tests/test_kwargs_override.py) covering:

• Output format overrides (csv→dict, dict→pandas, pandas→csv)
• Multiple sequential overrides to verify instance state preservation
• CSV formatting overrides (header, separator)
• Both execute() and executeStmt() methods

Documentation

Added new "Overriding Parameters per Query" section to docs/source/intro.rst with:

• Detailed explanation of the feature
• Multiple usage examples
• Complete list of supported override parameters
• Behavior notes and best practices

Backward Compatibility

This change is fully backward compatible. All existing code continues to work without modification, as the kwargs are optional parameters.

Closes #[issue_number]

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This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>[FEATURE] Accept kwargs for execute and executeStmt</issue_title>
<issue_description>Feature Description
Allow kwargs to be supplied to the execute and executeStmt methods, named arguments supplied to these methods will override either equivalents which were supplied in the StackQL class constructor.

Example(s)

from pystackql import StackQL
provider_auth =  {
    "github": {
        "credentialsenvvar": "GITHUBCREDS",
        "type": "basic"
    }
}
stackql = StackQL(auth=provider_auth, output="csv")
print(stackql.execute("select id, name from github.repos.repos where org = 'stackql'"))

# returns: 
# id,name
# 443987542,stackql
# 441087132,stackql-provider-registry
# 455730530,pystackql
stackql/pystackql#456722161,stackql-jupyter-demo
# ...

print(stackql.execute("select id, name from github.repos.repos where org = 'stackql'", output="json"))

# returns:
# [{"id":"443987542","name":"stackql"},{"id":"441087132","name":"stackql-provider-registry"},...]


```</issue_description>

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