Count of entries?

[hopewise]

Is there a way to get the count of entries in the file?

[josevalim]

@hopewise you can use the stream function and then perform Enum.count/1. Even though we need to traverse the file to find out the number of entries, we could optimize the code to avoid building binaries. This optimization is not present today.

[leandrocp]

Hey @josevalim is this issue still open as a reminder?

[josevalim]

In a way yes, but it is a bit complicated to implement because you cannot simply look at newlines, as the newlines may be part of a column, but it should be doable. :)

[hopewise]

Thanks @josevalim for the hint.

[kelvinst]

Hey @hopewise I guess @josevalim said the issue should be left open so we remember to do something about it in the future. I can take a shot at this if you want.

[hopewise]

ops, thanks @kelvinst for your note