docs(gfql/searchAny): twin + kernel docstrings — cuDF explicit float/date decline (wave-4 S-w4a)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: lmeyerov

graphistry/compute/ComputeMixin.py

@@ -491,8 +491,10 @@ def search_nodes(self, term, columns=None, case_sensitive=False, regex=False):
         """Keep nodes where ANY column matches ``term`` (viz-filter L2 inspector
         semantics: OR across columns; case-insensitive substring default; regex
         opt-in; string columns always, integer columns iff the term is a numeric
-        literal — floats/dates via explicit ``columns=``). pandas/cuDF native;
-        polars frames raise NotImplementedError (use the cypher ``search_any`` op).
+        literal — floats/dates via explicit ``columns=`` on pandas ONLY: cuDF
+        declines them, its float/temporal stringification diverges from pandas).
+        pandas/cuDF native; polars frames raise NotImplementedError (use the
+        cypher ``search_any`` op).
         """
         from graphistry.compute.gfql.search_any import search_any_mask
         from graphistry.compute.exceptions import ErrorCode, GFQLValidationError

graphistry/compute/gfql/search_any.py

@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 """Cross-column search kernel (viz-filter L2, panel-algebra D2): OR-across-columns
 substring/regex match, dtype-gated AS SEMANTICS — string columns always; integer
 columns iff the term is a numeric literal (inspector gate); float/date/bool are
-auto-gated OUT (float stringification is engine-divergent — reach them via explicit
-``columns=``). Per-column matching delegates to the parity-hardened ``Contains``
-predicate, so every pandas/cuDF quirk and honest decline gate carries over."""
+auto-gated OUT (float stringification is engine-divergent — explicit ``columns=``
+reaches bool on both engines, float/date on pandas only: cuDF declines them, its
+astype(str) rendering diverges from pandas — dgx-probed). Per-column matching
+delegates to the parity-hardened ``Contains`` predicate, so every pandas/cuDF
+quirk and honest decline gate carries over; cuDF regex obeys the same decline
+rules as ``=~``."""
 import re
 from typing import Any, List, Optional