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array_has has inconsistent null handling for scalars and arrays #13682

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@Kimahriman

Describe the bug

array_has handles nulls differently for scalars and arrays. Scalars return null if all the left hand side values are null, while arrays don't care what values in the left hand side are null. Additionally, other systems like Spark and Postgres have different null behavior, such that if at least one element of the left hand side is null, return null instead of false. I can't find any definitive SQL standard for this, but it might be good to behave consistent with those other systems.

To Reproduce

> create table arrays as values (make_array(1, 2, 3), 4), (make_array(1, 2, NULL), 4), (make_array(NULL, NULL, NULL), 4);
0 row(s) fetched. 
Elapsed 0.017 seconds.

> select array_has(column1, column2) from arrays;
+------------------------------------------+
| array_has(arrays.column1,arrays.column2) |
+------------------------------------------+
| false                                    |
| false                                    |
| false                                    |
+------------------------------------------+
3 row(s) fetched. 
Elapsed 0.007 seconds.

> select array_has([1, 2, 3], 4),
array_has([1, 2, NULL], 4),
array_has([NULL, NULL, NULL], 4);
+------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
| array_has(make_array(Int64(1),Int64(2),Int64(3)),Int64(4)) | array_has(make_array(Int64(1),Int64(2),NULL),Int64(4)) | array_has(make_array(NULL,NULL,NULL),Int64(4)) |
+------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
| false                                                      | false                                                  |                                                |
+------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
1 row(s) fetched. 
Elapsed 0.007 seconds.

Expected behavior

These queries return the same results.

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