rstudio / rstudio/pins-python

Default driver type Inference for pandas DataFrames

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Description

I think R pins has broader automatically guessing types (e.g. will default to RDS). Let's automatically store pandas DataFrames as CSV for now, so that the docs don't need to constantly specify type="csv".

TODO: discuss how people feel about R pins automatic type guessing just to double check

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Research direction

No files or tests are named. Start by locating pandas DataFrame storage and the existing explicit type="csv" path, then review the open question about automatic type guessing. Done means DataFrames are stored as CSV by default and the documentation no longer needs to specify the type.

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Assessment

Tech stack
pandas, python
Domain
data
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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