refactor: wrap addon in stats/base/dists/bradford/median native binding

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• Replaces the var median = addon; alias in @stdlib/stats/base/dists/bradford/median/lib/native.js with a function median( c ) { return addon( c ); } wrapper, matching the convention used in every other lib/native.js in stats/base/dists (426/427 ≈ 99.8%) — including the nine sibling bradford sub-packages (cdf, entropy, mean, mode, pdf, quantile, skewness, stdev, variance).

The wrapper also matches the function-style JSDoc declaration already in the file (* function median( c )) and the TypeScript declaration in docs/types/index.d.ts (declare function median( c: number ): number;).

bradford/median

Sole lib/native.js in stats/base/dists (out of 427) still using the var name = addon; alias form rather than a function wrapper. Behavior is unchanged: both forms invoke the same C addon with the shape parameter, and the existing test (test/test.native.js) exercises the call site, not the export identity. The wrapper restores consistency with the surrounding JSDoc and TypeScript declaration in the same package.

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Surfaced by an automated cross-package drift audit of the @stdlib/stats/base/dists/bradford namespace (10 members). The only correction that survived gating and three-axis validation (semantic equivalence, test-cascade check, structural conformance). Two other findings were logged but dropped: skewness is missing docs/img/equation_bradford_skewness.svg and the matching <div class="equation"> placeholder in its README, but both are produced by the makie generator (auto-populated, excluded by gate); mode lacks test/fixtures/python/ data because the mode of a Bradford distribution is the constant 0.0 and the test asserts this directly without numerical fixtures (intentional deviation).

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Disclosure

This change was surfaced and authored by an automated Claude Code drift audit of the stats/base/dists/bradford namespace. The audit compared structural and semantic features across the namespace's ten members and against all 427 lib/native.js files under stats/base/dists; the export-pattern outlier in bradford/median/lib/native.js was the sole correction that survived materiality and validation gating. The patch and conformance counts were verified before submission, and the change is reviewable as a 4-line refactor with no behavior change.

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