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[FEA] Indexes to support `bitwise_jaccard` distance

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Description

As per paper here, the Jaccard can be formulated as a bit-level dot-product (popc(AND)) with an expansion function. We're being asked to expose this for Oracle (among others).

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reading the linked paper on formulating Jaccard as a bit-level dot product. No source files, tests, or entry points are named in the issue, so locate the index and distance implementations first. Done means exposing index support for the bitwise_jaccard distance, including the requested Oracle use case.

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Assessment

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Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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