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Antoine Pitrou commented on ARROW-16351:
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We could quite easily expose {{RandomAccessFile::GetStream}} in Python, I
think, that would allow addressing the use case in a supported manner.
> [C++][Python] Implement seek() for BufferedInputStream
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> Key: ARROW-16351
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-16351
> Project: Apache Arrow
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Components: C++, Python
> Affects Versions: 7.0.0
> Reporter: Frank Luan
> Priority: Major
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> I would like to use seek() in a buffered input stream for the following usage
> scenario:
> * Open a S3 file (e.g. 1GB)
> * Jump to an offset (e.g. skip 500MB)
> * Do a bunch of small (8 bytes) reads
> So that I get the performance of buffered input by avoiding lots of small
> reads (which are expensive and slow if using S3) and also seek to a position.
> Currently I need to hack it using a mix of RandomAccessFile and
> BufferedInputStream, like
> {{with _fs.open_input_file(url) as f:}}
> {{ f.seek(offset)}}
> {{ f = fs._wrap_input_stream(f, url, None, self._buffer_size)}}
> {{ x = }}{{{}f.read(8){}}}{{{}{}}}
> I'm wondering if there is any fundamental reason why seek is not implemented
> for the buffered input stream? Looks like .NET implements it:
> [https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.io.bufferedstream.seek?view=net-6.0]
> Or, what I actually need is to open a S3 file with an offset. Would this be
> easier to do, or is it already supported in current API?
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