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Supporting range queries

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Not even sure if this makes sense. Still thinking through this myself. So maybe this is just a starting point for this discussion. Though this has been coming up in a few places.

Is there a way with fsspec to perform range queries? Or could there be?

Basically thinking about this from the Zarr side where we are increasingly interested in being able to select out portions of chunks. For this range queries would be useful for selecting out this portion.

cc @joshmoore @rabernat

Some related discussion in these issues:

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the fsspec range-query question and the linked Zarr issues and pull request. Determine whether the requested chunk-subset access belongs in the filesystem specification and what API behavior would be required; the issue currently names no files, tests, implementation entry point, or concrete definition of done.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
backend-api-design
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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