File format: unit=bytes makes startValue/endValue meaningless
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Description
When unit=milliseconds, it's clear that it applies to both timestamps (like startValue) and to sample weights.
But when unit=bytes, there's no way to know what startValue/endValue are supposed to mean.
We should consider separate timeUnit and weightUnit fields.
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Research direction
The issue does not name a file or test. Start by tracing how unit, startValue, endValue, and sample weights are represented in the file format; done means reaching a decided approach for separating timeUnit and weightUnit.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- performance
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100