alteryx / woodwork

Woodwork is a Python library that provides robust methods for managing and communicating data typing information.
https://woodwork.alteryx.com
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Add guide explaining how type inference works in Woodwork #1020

Open thehomebrewnerd opened 3 years ago

thehomebrewnerd commented 3 years ago

Woodwork's current documentation includes a guide providing an overview of types and tags as well as a guide for how to customize the type system and type inference. To complement these guides, a new guide that explains how type inference works would be beneficial.

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gsheni commented 3 years ago
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We should make this section easy to read for first time users. A short and concise section that allows users to see how we do inference.

gsheni commented 3 years ago

Putting this in the backlog to address at another time, as we might revisit our inference (per https://github.com/alteryx/woodwork/issues/1133)