JuliaArrays / JuliaArrays/StructArrays.jl
Allow custom widener on collection
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Description
It's hard to guess how to widen user types when collecting an iterable of structs, so it may be useful to allow customizations. In particular, in this way we wouldn't need to special case Pair to make things work in IndexedTables, but they could just pass a specialized widener.
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The issue names no files or tests. Start by locating the collection-widening logic and the special handling for Pair, then determine how a caller could provide a specialized widener. Done means custom widening works for IndexedTables without a Pair-specific special case.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- julia
- Domain
- data
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100