RoaringBitmap / RoaringBitmap/roaring

Create low-allocation immutable Roaring bitmaps

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Description

Some users have a many bitmaps on disk. Loading them up temporarily for operations is expensive due in part to the allocation of new instances in this process...

newrb:= roaring.New()
newrb.ReadFrom(buf)

Related PR https://github.com/RoaringBitmap/roaring/pull/263

Also related to issue https://github.com/RoaringBitmap/roaring/issues/193

cc @guymolinari @jacksonrnewhouse

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Research direction

Start with the Go example using roaring.New and ReadFrom, then review related PR #263 and issue #193 for prior context. Define the immutable bitmap loading and operation requirements, and confirm that the resulting approach avoids unnecessary instance allocation for on-disk bitmaps.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go
Domain
data
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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