Idea: Store metadata with files
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enhancement
- Dominant language
- R
- Stars
- 40
- Forks
- 12
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
It might be nice if `filesave` stored metadata along with each data file describing column types, number of rows, presence of NA's, etc. This information could potentially be used for more efficient reads.
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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
Begin by locating and reading the `filesave` implementation and how it writes data files. The issue needs a design for the metadata format, the metadata fields to store, and how reads would use them; completion would require agreement on that scope and a working implementation.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- r
- Domain
- data, performance
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100