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(DEPRECATED) A rewrite of DataFrames.jl based on Nullable
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Make DataTables a major release of DataFrames #51

Closed rofinn closed 7 years ago

rofinn commented 7 years ago

I'm currently trying to write code that works with both DataFrames and DataTables, but I'm constantly running into name collision issues. It would make my work a lot easier if the DataTables code was simply a major release version of DataFrames.

ararslan commented 7 years ago

Initially, what is now DataTables was actually the master branch of DataFrames and the plan was to release it as a version of DataFrames. However, after much deliberation, we decided to separate it into its own repository instead. You can get a bit more history here. In short, the separation is intentional and we are not going to release the DataTables code as DataFrames.

ararslan commented 7 years ago

Eventually there will be an abstraction over tabular data types to which both DataFrames and DataTables will adhere, which will make writing code that works with both much easier. My recommendation is to stick to DataFrames for the time being, at least until the ecosystem around DataTables matures a bit and the future becomes clearer.

rofinn commented 7 years ago

Alright, thank you for the prompt response. I didn't realize that switching DataFrames to Nullables would cause so many problem, but this does make sense now.