key_def: key_def.new() accept both 'field' and 'fieldno'
Closes #4519 @TarantoolBot document Title: key_def.new() accept both 'field' and 'fieldno' Before the patch key_def.new() took an index part array as it is returned in <index_object>.parts: each part should include 'type', 'fieldno', and what else .parts element contains. But it was not possible to create a key_def from an index definition - the array passed to <space_object>.create_index() 'parts' argument. Because key_def.new() didn't recognize 'field' option. That might be useful, when a key_def is needed on a remote client, where a space object and its indexes do not exist. And it would be strange to force a user to create them just so as he would be able to access <net_box connection>.space.<space_name>. index.<index_name>.parts As well as it would be crutchy to make a user manually replace 'field' with 'fieldno' in its index definition just to create a key_def. Additionally, an ability to pass an index definition to a key_def constructor makes the API more symmetric. Note, that it still is not 100% symmetric, because a user can't pass field names to the key_def constructor. A space is needed for that anyway.
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