mars-project / mars-project/mars

Support dataframe.info() for getting the meta data of a dataframe

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mod: dataframe type: feature
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Description

**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.**
During daily usage, being able to know the general info about a dataframe is highly used. However, this is not yet supported in Mars.

**Describe the solution you'd like**
I'd like to use `df.info()` to fetch the metadata of a dataframe.

**Describe alternatives you've considered**
N/A

**Additional context**
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/14257524/88765783-97855f80-d1a9-11ea-82d3-1eb832a99020.png)

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Research direction

No implementation files or tests are named in the issue. Start by locating Mars's dataframe API and existing metadata operations, then determine the expected behavior for df.info() from the request and attached example. Done means a dataframe can call df.info() and return the requested general metadata.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
data
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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