The bug: have a column with a hyphen, like "col-3". Build an index on it. Call list_indices, get a value that's double-quoted, like:

{'name': 'col-3_idx', 'type': 'BTree', 'uuid': '5db8a52c-1398-437a-9d1f-9b2570dd1b19', 'fields': ['`col-3`'], 'version': 3, 'fragment_ids': {0}, 'base_id': None}

The fix: use field_path_minimal to only quote the value if it has a dot or a backtick in it (and therefore needs it - otherwise it's impossible to tell if my_loc.coords.lat is {my_loc: {coords: {lat: ...}}} or {my_loc: {"coords.lat": }}

I think this change is purely cosmetic, because calls like drop_column and update_field_metadata seem to work even when passed

"`col-3`"

So I am fine with either merging this or not (and prettifying it on the UI side e.g. if I display these results)