Properly handling entity meanings in datastore. - #1241

Properly handling entity meanings in datastore.

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* fix: don't retry if error or error_description is not string

* chore: fix flaky sample test

* chore: update sys test cred

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Fixes #1239

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### Features

* add basic interceptor to client (#1206)
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* Add encodings for STRUCT and the Timestamp type
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* add PeerInfo proto in Bigtable API
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* Add Type API updates needed to support structured keys in materialized
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* support mTLS certificates when available (#1249)
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* re-export AddToCell for consistency (#1241)
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* async client uses fixed grace period (#1236)
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* Deprecate credentials_file argument
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* Add ReadRows/SampleRowKeys bindings for materialized views
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* retry cancelled errors (#1235)
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* observability: add updated span events + traace more methods

This change carves out parts of PR #1241 in smaller pieces to
ease with smaller reviews.
This change adds more span events, updates important spans
to make them more distinct like changing:

"CloudSpanner.ReadWriteTransaction" to more direct and more
pointed spans like:
* CloudSpanner.Transaction.execute_streaming_sql

Also added important spans:
* CloudSpanner.Database.run_in_transaction
* CloudSpanner.Session.run_in_transaction

* all: update review comments + show type for BeginTransaction + remove prints

* Remove requested span event "Using Transaction"

* Move attempts into try block

* Transform Session.run_in_transaction retry exceptions into events

* More comprehensive test for events and attributes for pool.get

* Add test guards against Python3.7 for which OpenTelemetry is unavailable + address test feedback

* Remove span event per mutation in favour of future TODO

Referencing issue #1269, this update removes adding
a span event per mutation, in favour of a future TODO.

* Sort system-test.test_transaction_abort_then_retry_spans spans by create time

* Delint tests