[meta] Improve documentation for EntityType::$entity_keys

Created on 4 September 2025, 2 days ago

Problem/Motivation

The entity keys system is not well-documented, and a lot of other functionality in the entity system depends on it.

E.g.

- base field traits rely on it
- SQL storage possibly uses keys to define indexes

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Status

Active

Version

11.0 🔥

Component

documentation

Created by

🇬🇧United Kingdom joachim

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