[Tutorial] CTable copy() with reblocking and recompression
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Description
The CTable.copy() method gained new chunks=, blocks=, and cparams= overrides in this release, but there is no tutorial showing when and why you would use them. There is a standalone example at examples/ctable/copying.py, but no notebook integrated into the tutorial sequence.
Suggested work: Add a notebook 16.ctable-copy.ipynb to doc/getting_started/tutorials/ covering:
- Basic in-memory and persistent copy
- Reblocking: how block size affects SUMMARY index granularity and query pruning
- Recompression: switching codecs (ZSTD → LZ4) and what to expect on size vs speed
- Copying a projected view (select().copy()) to persist a column subset
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start with examples/ctable/copying.py and the existing sequence under doc/getting_started/tutorials/. Add doc/getting_started/tutorials/16.ctable-copy.ipynb covering in-memory and persistent copies, reblocking and SUMMARY query pruning, ZSTD-to-LZ4 recompression tradeoffs, and copying a projected select() view. Done means the notebook is integrated into the tutorial sequence and demonstrates each listed case.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- jupyter-notebook, python
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 74/100