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Serialization
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Description
Some objects in pynndescent are not serializable by pickle or even cloudpickle, for example pynndescent.rp_trees.FlatTree. This prevents serialization of UMAP fit objects when pynndescent is used.
Relevant UMAP issue:
lmcinnes/umap#273
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 reproducing the serialization failure for pynndescent.rp_trees.FlatTree with pickle and cloudpickle, then check how it affects UMAP fit objects as described in the linked UMAP issue. Trace the relevant object state and verify that these objects can be serialized and restored successfully.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100