Matteo Sostero created ARROW-11922: -------------------------------------- Summary: Implement feather::feather_metadata(path) in R arrow Key: ARROW-11922 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-11922 Project: Apache Arrow Issue Type: Wish Components: R Affects Versions: 3.0.0 Reporter: Matteo Sostero
The old R `feather` package had a function called `feather::feather_metadata()` that allowed to read column names and types from feather files on disk, without opening them. This was useful to select only specific columns when loading a feather file in R with `read_feather(path, columns = c(...)` Apparently [there is no direct replacement for this function in arrow|https://stackoverflow.com/a/66540589/926810]. Can one be implemented? -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.3.4#803005)