[Feature Request]: It should be possible to update a Collection's metadata to be None

[levand]

Describe the problem

Currently, if you call Collection.modify(metadata=None), the system will interpret that as "do not update the metadata."

However, this means it is also not possible to intentionally update a Collection's metadata to be None.

Describe the proposed solution

Remove this ambiguity from the API.

Alternatives considered

No response

Importance

nice to have

Additional Information

No response

[Satyam-79]

What if we split Collection.modify() into two separate functions: one to update the name and another to update the metadata? This would prevent users from accidentally passing None as the metadata argument, which could cause problems if we update the current Collection.modify() function to intentionally update a Collection's metadata to be None. Splitting it into two functions would improve clarity. wdyt?

[HammadB]

I like this idea - set_name(), set_metadata()

[jeffchuber]

jeff will test if this is still relevant