Removing hyperparameter(s) from ConfigurationSpace

[thijssnelleman]

• Removed Hyperparameter from all clauses regarding forbidden / conditions, leaving all else intact
• Recalculated the node depth for only the affected nodes in the tree

[thijssnelleman]

@mfeurer @eddiebergman

I updated the structure to now rebuild the DAG: "Now the ConfigurationSpace.remove does all the work, at the end it reset dag by self._dag = Dag() and adds all parameters/conditions/forbiddens as done in ConfigurationSpace.init"

I think after review, with a few minor changes, this can be merged

[thijssnelleman]

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Pull request overview

This pull request adds a remove() method to ConfigurationSpace that allows hyperparameters to be removed along with their associated conditions and forbidden clauses. The implementation properly handles nested conjunctions by recursively removing hyperparameters and simplifying the condition/forbidden structures as needed.

Changes:

• Added ConfigurationSpace.remove() method to remove hyperparameters and update conditions/forbiddens accordingly
• Fixed a bug in test_util.py where the test was not correctly validating generated grid values
• Various code quality improvements including alphabetical sorting of imports/exports, clearer parenthesization, and more concise boundary checks

Reviewed changes

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File	Description
src/ConfigSpace/configuration_space.py	Added new remove() method with recursive logic to handle hyperparameter removal from conditions and forbiddens
test/test_configuration_space.py	Comprehensive test coverage for the new remove() method including complex nested conjunctions
test/test_util.py	Fixed bug where test was comparing value to itself instead of checking generated vs expected
src/ConfigSpace/util.py	Refactored boundary checks to use max/min; incorrectly changed cast() calls to use string literals
src/ConfigSpace/forbidden.py	Added trailing commas for consistency; contains debug print statement
src/ConfigSpace/configuration.py	Improved readability by adding explicit parentheses around boolean conditions
src/ConfigSpace/_condition_tree.py	Moved ConditionLike import from TYPE_CHECKING to runtime imports
src/ConfigSpace/init.py	Alphabetically sorted imports
src/ConfigSpace/api/init.py	Alphabetically sorted all exports
src/ConfigSpace/hyperparameters/init.py	Alphabetically sorted all exports
src/ConfigSpace/c_util.py	Alphabetically sorted all exports
src/ConfigSpace/read_and_write/dictionary.py	Alphabetically sorted imports and added trailing commas
changelog.md	Added entry for the new feature

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