RadioAstronomySoftwareGroup / RadioAstronomySoftwareGroup/pyuvdata
Make UVFlag add smarter
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- Dominant language
- Python
- Stars
- 102
- Forks
- 35
- Avg merge
- 1d 20h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 14
Description
Right now the UVFlag add method requires an axis to be specified and it blindly concatenates. We should make it smarter to check for compatibility and figure out which axis to add along, like UVData. Similar to UVData, we should also add a fast_concat method.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating UVFlag.add and the analogous UVData implementation. Use those entry points to determine compatibility and axis-selection behavior, then add coverage for the requested checks, inferred axis, and fast_concat.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- data
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100