Return BAM data in a columnar format to save space

higlass / clodius

Clodius is a tool for breaking up large data sets into smaller tiles that can subsequently be displayed using an appropriate viewer.

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Closed pkerpedjiev closed 5 years ago

pkerpedjiev commented 5 years ago

What was changed in this pull request?

Previously BAM data was returned in the format:

[
 {'id': 'x', 'start': 0...},
 {'id': 'y', 'start': 1...},
]

After this PR, we return it in a columnar format:

{
 'id': ['x', 'y'...],
  'start': [0, 1...],
}
Why is it necessary?

Fixes #___