Add shortcut to get all component names from a coordinate object
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Description
Lately, I've had a few use cases where I need to grab all (6 in my case) of the position and velocity components off of a frame or SkyCoord instance. The code to do this is only a few lines, but many characters! So I'm wondering what you think about adding a convenience property that does something like:
```python
@property
def component_names(self):
names = list(self.get_representation_component_names().keys())
for key in self.data.differentials:
names += list(self.get_representation_component_names(key).keys())
return names
```
cc @mhvk @eteq
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Research direction
Start by reviewing the Frame and SkyCoord entry points, the existing get_representation_component_names() method, and the data.differentials access shown in the issue. Done means a convenience component_names property returns the position and differential component names for coordinate objects; no file or test is named, so those still need to be located.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- data
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100