Discussion: New feature requests

[dshkol]

Summary

Potential new features identified in code audit.

F1: Batch wrapper for multi-table operations

• Add get_cansim_tables() for parallel download of multiple tables
• Would improve efficiency for users downloading many tables

F2: Cache statistics/diagnostics function

• Add cansim_cache_stats() to show cache usage
• Add clear_old_cache() to clean up stale cache entries
• Would help users manage disk space

F3: Convenience function for geography+time filtering

• Add get_cansim_for_geography() for common filtering patterns
• Would simplify common use cases

Questions

• Are these features desired?
• Should they be prioritized for v0.4.5 or a future release?
• Any other feature requests to consider?

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From code audit - potential enhancements

[mountainMath]

F1

Not sure about F1, this is more an issue when caching tables via get_cansim_connection than get_cansim. Could potentially do something like this to e.g. batch refresh all outdated cached tables?

F2

How is this different from the functionality in list_cansim_cached_tables and remove_cansim_cached_tables?

F3

Should this filter data pre-download and only download data for those geographies? Or filter data after downloading? Either way, this can be fairly easily done by directly filtering on the geography column, either when downloading data via table templates or after downloading data.