NVIDIA / NVIDIA/cuvs

[FEA] Add methods to get sizes of CAGRA, Bruteforce, HNSW indexes

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Description

There's a method:

cuvsError_t cuvsCagraIndexGetDims(cuvsCagraIndex_t index, int* dim)

in CAGRA. In the same vein, it would be helpful to have a method to get the size of the index.

Knowing the number of vectors in the index is useful for preparing the prefilters (#870).

FYI @benfred @mythrocks @cjnolet.

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Research direction

Start by locating cuvsCagraIndexGetDims and the corresponding CAGRA, Bruteforce, and HNSW index APIs. Trace how each index stores its vector count, then verify that the finished work exposes a size or vector-count method for all three index types and add coverage where the existing API tests live.

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Assessment

Domain
backend-api-design, search
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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