Enhanced Type Hints for Improved Readability and Maintainability: Addressing Type Mismatch in `query_quadrant` Return Statement

[Hk669]

Why are these changes needed?

1. I've updated the type hints of the *_utils to improve code readability, maintainability, and to facilitate static type checking. This enhancement will make it easier for developers to understand the expected types of parameters and return values, reducing the likelihood of type-related errors and improving overall code quality.

2. updated the query_quadrant in qdrant_retrieve_user_proxy_agent.py, the return statement doesn't match with the type mentioned. otherwise returns a dict, could be a problem for the developer to use query_quadrant.

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[Hk669]

@thinkall i think we can merge this PR now? please review the PR.

@sonichi @ekzhu

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[sonichi]

Some tests failed: https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/actions/runs/8886069444/job/24398827078?pr=2452

[Hk669]

I'll check on them. Thanks

[Hk669]

@sonichi i've made the changes.

[Hk669]

Could you please fix the test failures?

yeah working on it.

[Hk669]

@sonichi ive made the changes, will open a new PR for the query_qdrant, might need to change some utils too. Thanks

[Hk669]

@sonichi i've no idea why the compression test is failing, which isn't relevant to this PR. maybe because of the previous commits? i made some changes in the test_compressible_agent, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[sonichi]

@yiranwu0 @WaelKarkoub @gagb is it time to retire compressible agent? Have we reached feature parity with the TransformMessages capability?

[WaelKarkoub]

@yiranwu0 @WaelKarkoub @gagb is it time to retire compressible agent? Have we reached feature parity with the TransformMessages capability?

@sonichi I'm working on LLMLingua support, once that goes in, we should retire compressible agent. https://github.com/microsoft/autogen/pull/2225