feat: Add API audit documentation

This commit introduces an audit of the public API of the Poindexter Go library.

The audit covers:
- API design and consistency
- Naming conventions
- Use of generics
- Error handling
- Documentation
- Security considerations

The audit is saved in the `AUDIT-API.md` file.

Co-authored-by: Snider <631881+Snider@users.noreply.github.com>
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# API Audit: Poindexter Go Library
This document audits the public API of the Poindexter Go library, focusing on design, consistency, documentation, and security best practices for a Go library.
## 1. API Design and Consistency
### 1.1. Naming Conventions
* **Consistency:** The library generally follows Go's naming conventions (`camelCase` for unexported, `PascalCase` for exported).
* **Clarity:** Function names are clear and descriptive (e.g., `SortInts`, `SortByKey`, `NewKDTree`).
* **Minor Inconsistency:** `IsSorted` exists, but `IsSortedStrings` and `IsSortedFloat64s` are more verbose. A more consistent naming scheme might be `IntsAreSorted`, `StringsAreSorted`, etc., to mirror the standard library's `sort` package.
### 1.2. Generics
* **Effective Use:** The use of generics in `SortBy` and `SortByKey` is well-implemented and improves type safety and usability.
* **`KDPoint`:** The `KDPoint` struct effectively uses generics for its `Value` field, allowing users to associate any data type with a point.
### 1.3. Error Handling
* **Exported Errors:** The library exports sentinel errors (`ErrEmptyPoints`, `ErrDimMismatch`, etc.), which is a good practice, allowing users to check for specific error conditions.
* **Constructor Errors:** The `NewKDTree` constructor correctly returns an error value, forcing callers to handle potential issues during tree creation.
### 1.4. Options Pattern
* **`NewKDTree`:** The use of the options pattern with `KDOption` functions (`WithMetric`, `WithBackend`) is a great choice. It provides a flexible and extensible way to configure the `KDTree` without requiring a large number of constructor parameters.
## 2. Documentation
* **Package-Level:** The package-level documentation is good, providing a clear overview of the library's features.
* **Exported Symbols:** All exported functions, types, and constants have clear and concise documentation comments.
* **Examples:** The `README.md` includes excellent quick-start examples, and the `examples/` directory provides more detailed, runnable examples.
## 3. Security
### 3.1. Input Validation
* **`NewKDTree`:** The constructor performs thorough validation of its inputs, checking for empty point sets, zero dimensions, and dimensional mismatches. This prevents the creation of invalid `KDTree` instances.
* **`KDTree` Methods:** Methods like `Nearest` and `KNearest` validate the dimensionality of the query vector, preventing panics or incorrect behavior.
* **`DeleteByID`:** This method correctly handles cases where the ID is not found or is empty.
### 3.2. Panics
* The public API appears to be free of potential panics. The library consistently uses error returns and input validation to handle exceptional cases.
## Summary and Recommendations
The Poindexter library's public API is well-designed, consistent, and follows Go best practices. The use of generics, the options pattern, and clear error handling make it a robust and user-friendly library.
**Recommendations:**
1. **Naming Consistency:** Consider renaming `IsSorted`, `IsSortedStrings`, and `IsSortedFloat64s` to `IntsAreSorted`, `StringsAreSorted`, and `Float64sAreSorted` to align more closely with the standard library's `sort` package.
2. **Defensive Copying:** The `Points()` method returns a copy of the internal slice, which is excellent. Ensure that any future methods that expose internal state also return copies to prevent mutation by callers.