Add support to specifying position using position_column parameter #9687

Job	Run time
r-sanitizers (ubuntu-latest, R-devel, gcc ASAN/UBSAN)	10m 24s
r-package (clang16, R-devel)	10m 29s
r-sanitizers (ubuntu-latest, R-devel, clang ASAN/UBSAN)	10m 23s
r-package (ubuntu-latest, gcc, R 4.3, cmake)	9m 38s
r-package (clang17, R-devel)	10m 27s
r-package (ubuntu-latest, clang, R 4.3, cmake)	8m 55s
r-package (clang18, R-devel)	10m 29s
r-package (macos-13, gcc, R 4.3, cmake)	10m 34s
r-package (clang19, R-devel)	10m 26s
r-package (macos-13, clang, R 4.3, cmake)	10m 36s
r-package (clang20, R-devel)	10m 27s
r-package (windows-latest, MINGW, R 3.6, cmake)	10m 24s
r-package (gcc14, R-devel)	10m 27s
r-package (windows-latest, MINGW, R 4.3, cmake)	10m 24s
r-package (intel, R-devel)	10m 24s
r-package (windows-2019, MSVC, R 3.6, cmake)	10m 36s
r-package (rchk, R-devel)	10m 30s
r-package (windows-2022, MSVC, R 4.3, cmake)	10m 38s
r-package (windows-latest, MINGW, R 3.6, cran)	10m 32s
r-package (windows-latest, MINGW, R 4.3, cran)	10m 46s
r-package (ubuntu-latest, gcc, R 4.3, cran)	10m 24s
r-package (macos-13, clang, R 4.3, cran)	10m 36s
r-package (macos-14, clang, R 4.3, cran)	9m 56s
all-r-package-jobs-successful	2s
	3h 58m 27s

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