feat(table-core): add mode aggregation function

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🎯 Changes

TanStack Table provides built-in aggregation functions for sum, min, max, extent, mean, median, unique, uniqueCount, count, first, and last, but lacked a built-in statistical mode aggregation function for nominal/categorical and discrete values (Issue #5864).

This PR:

• Adds aggregationFn_mode to packages/table-core/src/features/row-aggregation/aggregationFns.ts to compute the statistical mode (most frequent value) across rows.
• Resolves frequency ties by returning the first encountered value.
• Correctly counts distinct values (including nullish/mixed types) and returns undefined when no rows are present.
• Registers mode: aggregationFn_mode in aggregationFns and exports aggregationFn_mode.
• Adds comprehensive unit tests in packages/table-core/tests/unit/fns/aggregationFns.test.ts for value frequency, tie resolution order, nullish handling, and empty rows.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added a mode aggregation option for tables, returning the most frequently occurring value.
  • Ties are resolved by selecting the first value encountered.
  • Empty datasets return no value, while null and undefined values are preserved.
  • The new option is available alongside the existing table aggregation functions.

• Tests

  • Added coverage for common values, ties, empty inputs, and null or undefined entries.

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Walkthrough

Adds a mode aggregation function that returns the most frequent row value, selects the first value on ties, handles nullish values, and returns undefined for empty input. Registers the function and adds unit coverage.

Changes

Mode aggregation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Implement and register mode aggregation packages/table-core/src/features/row-aggregation/aggregationFns.ts, .changeset/neat-rows-mode.md	Adds aggregationFn_mode, registers it as mode, and documents the minor release.
Validate mode aggregation packages/table-core/tests/unit/fns/aggregationFns.test.ts	Tests frequency selection, tie handling, nullish values, and empty input.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 6f764

This adds a registered mode aggregation that returns the most frequent value and deterministically resolves ties by input order. The documented behavior is covered by focused unit tests, with no current merge-blocking risk identified.

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Inline comments:
In `@packages/table-core/src/features/row-aggregation/aggregationFns.ts`:
- Around line 304-311: Update the mode aggregation logic around the counts map
to count all input values first, then scan rows in original order to select the
first value with the highest frequency, preserving the first-input tie behavior.
Add a test in the aggregationFns test suite covering ['a', 'b', 'b', 'a'] and
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