[python] Add Unicode metadata support #3558
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A follow-up PR to #3548 that adds support for Unicode metadata.
UTF-8 support is not enough to store 1D numpy string arrays because Unicode arrays are by default UTF-32 encoded and can contain NULL bytes.
Additionally improved robustness of metadata writing by attempting to write all modifications and collecting errors throughout the process and raising an exception cumulative at the end, rather than throwing midway.