wireservice / wireservice/csvkit

feat: Suggest `--snifflimit 0` if "underlying stream is not seekable"

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reading the linked csvkit issue 1268 and reproducing the “underlying stream is not seekable” error in the relevant command-line utility. Trace where that error is reported, then make the completed behavior suggest --snifflimit 0 and verify the suggestion against the original scenario.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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