Python: Include arguments for zero-argument Foundry eval tool calls

[Luis Rodriguez (luisangelrod)]

Motivation & Context

Foundry evaluation conversion currently omits the arguments field when a function call has None or an empty object for its arguments. This produces an incomplete tool-call record for valid zero-argument tools. The converter should emit an empty object so the evaluation payload remains schema-consistent.

Description & Review Guide

• What are the major changes? The converter now always includes arguments, using an empty object when the source value is None. Regression tests cover both None and an explicitly empty argument object.
• What is the impact of these changes? Zero-argument tool calls can be evaluated by Foundry without losing the required argument shape. Calls with populated arguments are unchanged.
• What do you want reviewers to focus on? Whether normalizing missing arguments to an empty object is the expected representation for Foundry evaluation tool calls.

Related Issue

Fixes#7714

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Pull request overview

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Adds coverage and adjusts the eval conversion output so tool calls always include an arguments object, even when the tool call has zero/empty arguments.

Changes:

• Add tests for assistant tool calls with arguments=None and arguments={}.
• Update AgentEvalConverter.convert_message to always emit an arguments field, defaulting to {} when missing.

Reviewed changes

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File	Description
python/packages/foundry/tests/test_foundry_evals.py	Adds regression tests to ensure tool-call arguments are normalized to {} for zero/empty args.
python/packages/core/agent_framework/_evaluation.py	Normalizes tool-call conversion output to always include arguments (defaults to {} when None).

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