Fix table_exists behavior in REST catalog
#1096
Merged
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I understand that it might seem odd to return false for a 200 status code, but according to the specification, success should only be indicated by a 204 status code. Additionally, it doesn’t make sense to throw an exception for a 404 status code since a table_exists method is expected to return True or False, not just True or an exception.
If a user needs to handle exceptions, they can use the load_table method, which will return an exception if the table does not exist.
Solves: #1018