Fix TypeError when sorting heterogeneous facet values / mixed-type point ids in local mode - #1377

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In `@qdrant_client/local/local_collection.py`:
- Around line 1288-1291: Update the facet ordering key in the local collection
facet-sorting logic to include a type discriminator before the universal
identifier, so distinct scalar types such as "" and 0 cannot compare as the same
tie-break key. Add a regression test covering equal-count facets for "" and 0
inserted in different orders, verifying deterministic ordering.

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In `@qdrant_client/local/local_collection.py`:
- Around line 1961-1971: The facet aggregation path must distinguish bool and
int values before counting, since Python treats False and 0 as equal keys.
Update per-point de-duplication and facet_hits aggregation around values_set and
facet_hits to use a type-tagged identity, while retaining the original facet
value for output and sorting; add a regression case covering separate False and
0 counts.

Independent verification on current head 954b8f08: no additional blocking finding within this PRs stated crash/determinism scope. The complete tests/test_in_memory.py file is 7 passed in 0.78s, including all three new heterogeneous-value/id regressions.

I also compared the mixed-ID matrix path against a real Qdrant Server v1.19.0 with the same three ids inserted out of order. Local and server search_matrix_offsets(sample=10, limit=1).ids both return [1, 7, "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"], supporting _universal_id for the point-id ordering contract.

For facets, the real server requires a typed payload index; sequential bool/integer/keyword index creation leaves the active schema type-specific, so I would limit the claim to local-mode no-crash and deterministic ordering rather than claiming a cross-type server facet order. The already-open CodeRabbit thread correctly tracks the separate pre-existing False == 0 / True == 1 aggregation collapse before sorting; I did not duplicate that finding. On this head, local mode returns False:2, True:2, and "0":1 for five distinct JSON values, confirming that follow-up remains real but is not introduced by these two sort-key changes.

Gate attribution: the current GitHub rollup contains only Netlify deploy contexts, not Python tests, typing, or lint. Thus the evidence is the independent seven-test run plus the real-server matrix comparison, not a claim that code CI ran remotely.

I ran this branch locally against master while reviewing #1389, and both halves
of it hold up. The _search_distance_matrix change is the part I want to point
at, because it is the one nothing else on the tracker covers.

On master, a collection mixing integer and UUID point ids raises out of
sorted(samples, key=lambda x: x.id):

search_matrix_pairs, ids [1, "550e8400-...", 3]
  master  -> TypeError: '<' not supported between instances of 'str' and 'int'
  #1377   -> pairs=6

Reusing _universal_id there is the right call rather than inventing a second
ordering, since point ids already have a canonical total order in this file.

The reason I am leaving this note is that the facet half of your change overlaps
#1389, and I would not want that to read as this branch being redundant. #1389
moves the type rank into the dict and set keys instead of the sort key, which
fixes the bool/int merge in #1388 and makes the tie-break total as a consequence,
so it happens to cover your facet crash as well. It does not touch
_search_distance_matrix at all, so that fix is unique to this PR. Both are
worth having, and whichever lands second will need a small rebase, since the two
touch the same sorted(facet_hits.items(), ...) line and both add a static
method just after _universal_id.

Worth knowing for that rebase: your _facet_value_sort_key and their
_facet_value_identity produce the same relative order, so ["a", 1] comes out
as [(int, 1), (str, "a")] either way. The merge is a textual conflict rather
than a behavioural one.