[BUG] Unable to perform setitem operations on slices of `struct` and `list` columns

[galipremsagar]

Describe the bug When we want to fill a slice of a series column of type struct or list, there is an error.

Steps/Code to reproduce bug

In [49]: s = cudf.Series([[1, 2], [2, 3], [3, 4], [4, 5], [6, 7]])

In [50]: s
Out[50]: 
0    [1, 2]
1    [2, 3]
2    [3, 4]
3    [4, 5]
4    [6, 7]
dtype: list

In [51]: s[slice(0, 3, 1)]
Out[51]: 
0    [1, 2]
1    [2, 3]
2    [3, 4]
dtype: list

In [52]: s[slice(0, 3, 1)] = cudf.Scalar([10, 11])
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
RuntimeError                              Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In [52], line 1
----> 1 s[slice(0, 3, 1)] = cudf.Scalar([10, 11])

File /nvme/0/pgali/envs/cudfdev/lib/python3.9/contextlib.py:79, in ContextDecorator.__call__.<locals>.inner(*args, **kwds)
     76 @wraps(func)
     77 def inner(*args, **kwds):
     78     with self._recreate_cm():
---> 79         return func(*args, **kwds)

File /nvme/0/pgali/envs/cudfdev/lib/python3.9/site-packages/cudf/core/series.py:1182, in Series.__setitem__(self, key, value)
   1179 @_cudf_nvtx_annotate
   1180 def __setitem__(self, key, value):
   1181     if isinstance(key, slice):
-> 1182         self.iloc[key] = value
   1183     else:
   1184         self.loc[key] = value

File /nvme/0/pgali/envs/cudfdev/lib/python3.9/contextlib.py:79, in ContextDecorator.__call__.<locals>.inner(*args, **kwds)
     76 @wraps(func)
     77 def inner(*args, **kwds):
     78     with self._recreate_cm():
---> 79         return func(*args, **kwds)

File /nvme/0/pgali/envs/cudfdev/lib/python3.9/site-packages/cudf/core/series.py:235, in _SeriesIlocIndexer.__setitem__(self, key, value)
    230         if self._frame._column.dtype != to_dtype:
    231             self._frame._column._mimic_inplace(
    232                 self._frame._column.astype(to_dtype), inplace=True
    233             )
--> 235 self._frame._column[key] = value

File /nvme/0/pgali/envs/cudfdev/lib/python3.9/site-packages/cudf/core/column/lists.py:99, in ListColumn.__setitem__(self, key, value)
     97 else:
     98     raise ValueError(f"Can not set {value} into ListColumn")
---> 99 super().__setitem__(key, value)

File /nvme/0/pgali/envs/cudfdev/lib/python3.9/site-packages/cudf/core/column/column.py:525, in ColumnBase.__setitem__(self, key, value)
    523 out: Optional[ColumnBase]  # If None, no need to perform mimic inplace.
    524 if isinstance(key, slice):
--> 525     out = self._scatter_by_slice(key, value_normalized)
    526 else:
    527     key = as_column(key)

File /nvme/0/pgali/envs/cudfdev/lib/python3.9/site-packages/cudf/core/column/column.py:557, in ColumnBase._scatter_by_slice(self, key, value)
    555 if step == 1:
    556     if isinstance(value, cudf.core.scalar.Scalar):
--> 557         return self._fill(value, start, stop, inplace=True)
    558     else:
    559         return libcudf.copying.copy_range(
    560             value, self, 0, num_keys, start, stop, False
    561         )

File /nvme/0/pgali/envs/cudfdev/lib/python3.9/site-packages/cudf/core/column/column.py:349, in ColumnBase._fill(self, fill_value, begin, end, inplace)
    346     mask = create_null_mask(self.size, state=MaskState.ALL_VALID)
    347     self.set_base_mask(mask)
--> 349 libcudf.filling.fill_in_place(self, begin, end, slr.device_value)
    351 return self

File filling.pyx:31, in cudf._lib.filling.fill_in_place()

RuntimeError: cuDF failure at: /nvme/0/pgali/cudf/cpp/src/filling/fill.cu:214: In-place fill does not support variable-sized types.






In [55]: s = cudf.Series([{'a':10, 'b':11}])

In [56]: s
Out[56]: 
0    {'a': 10, 'b': 11}
dtype: struct

In [57]: s[0] = {'a':12, 'b':5}

In [58]: s
Out[58]: 
0    {'a': 12, 'b': 5}
dtype: struct

In [59]: s
Out[59]: 
0    {'a': 12, 'b': 5}
dtype: struct

In [60]: s[slice(0, 1, 1)]
Out[60]: 
0    {'a': 12, 'b': 5}
dtype: struct

In [61]: s[slice(0, 1, 1)] = cudf.Scalar({'a':100, 'b':1})
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
RuntimeError                              Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In [61], line 1
----> 1 s[slice(0, 1, 1)] = cudf.Scalar({'a':100, 'b':1})

File /nvme/0/pgali/envs/cudfdev/lib/python3.9/contextlib.py:79, in ContextDecorator.__call__.<locals>.inner(*args, **kwds)
     76 @wraps(func)
     77 def inner(*args, **kwds):
     78     with self._recreate_cm():
---> 79         return func(*args, **kwds)

File /nvme/0/pgali/envs/cudfdev/lib/python3.9/site-packages/cudf/core/series.py:1182, in Series.__setitem__(self, key, value)
   1179 @_cudf_nvtx_annotate
   1180 def __setitem__(self, key, value):
   1181     if isinstance(key, slice):
-> 1182         self.iloc[key] = value
   1183     else:
   1184         self.loc[key] = value

File /nvme/0/pgali/envs/cudfdev/lib/python3.9/contextlib.py:79, in ContextDecorator.__call__.<locals>.inner(*args, **kwds)
     76 @wraps(func)
     77 def inner(*args, **kwds):
     78     with self._recreate_cm():
---> 79         return func(*args, **kwds)

File /nvme/0/pgali/envs/cudfdev/lib/python3.9/site-packages/cudf/core/series.py:235, in _SeriesIlocIndexer.__setitem__(self, key, value)
    230         if self._frame._column.dtype != to_dtype:
    231             self._frame._column._mimic_inplace(
    232                 self._frame._column.astype(to_dtype), inplace=True
    233             )
--> 235 self._frame._column[key] = value

File /nvme/0/pgali/envs/cudfdev/lib/python3.9/site-packages/cudf/core/column/struct.py:82, in StructColumn.__setitem__(self, key, value)
     79         value[field] = value.get(field, NA)
     81     value = cudf.Scalar(value, self.dtype)
---> 82 super().__setitem__(key, value)

File /nvme/0/pgali/envs/cudfdev/lib/python3.9/site-packages/cudf/core/column/column.py:525, in ColumnBase.__setitem__(self, key, value)
    523 out: Optional[ColumnBase]  # If None, no need to perform mimic inplace.
    524 if isinstance(key, slice):
--> 525     out = self._scatter_by_slice(key, value_normalized)
    526 else:
    527     key = as_column(key)

File /nvme/0/pgali/envs/cudfdev/lib/python3.9/site-packages/cudf/core/column/column.py:557, in ColumnBase._scatter_by_slice(self, key, value)
    555 if step == 1:
    556     if isinstance(value, cudf.core.scalar.Scalar):
--> 557         return self._fill(value, start, stop, inplace=True)
    558     else:
    559         return libcudf.copying.copy_range(
    560             value, self, 0, num_keys, start, stop, False
    561         )

File /nvme/0/pgali/envs/cudfdev/lib/python3.9/site-packages/cudf/core/column/column.py:349, in ColumnBase._fill(self, fill_value, begin, end, inplace)
    346     mask = create_null_mask(self.size, state=MaskState.ALL_VALID)
    347     self.set_base_mask(mask)
--> 349 libcudf.filling.fill_in_place(self, begin, end, slr.device_value)
    351 return self

File filling.pyx:31, in cudf._lib.filling.fill_in_place()

RuntimeError: cuDF failure at: /nvme/0/pgali/cudf/cpp/src/filling/fill.cu:214: In-place fill does not support variable-sized types.

Expected behavior We should be able to fill the values without hitting the inplace replace methods of libcudf for these two types specifically.

Environment overview (please complete the following information)

• Environment location: [Bare-metal]
• Method of cuDF install: [from source]

Additional context Required for https://github.com/rapidsai/cudf/pull/11718