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Would an async api have performance gain?

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Description

Fantastic job! But I'd like to ask if there would be some another gains by designing an async implementation and bind them to python with __anext__ and __aiter__, since data loading is highly related to IO.

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Start by reviewing the existing data-loading API and the Python binding entry points relevant to the proposed anext and aiter methods. Determine whether asynchronous loading would provide measurable performance gains and document the required design, benchmarks, and acceptance criteria before implementation.

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Tech stack
cpp, python
Domain
data-engineering
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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