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Return BoxStream with 'static lifetime from ObjectStore::list #6619

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@kylebarron kylebarron commented Oct 23, 2024

To preface: not expecting this to be merged imminently, as it may be a while before object-store's next breaking release, and I figure there may be a cleaner way to change this. But it was useful to learn a bit more about streams, and I'll probably use this patch in my Python-facing object-store bindings.

Which issue does this PR close?

Closes #6587.

Rationale for this change

Easier wrapping of ObjectStore::list in bindings, e.g. to Python, that don't allow lifetime references.

What changes are included in this PR?

Change the return type of ObjectStore::list and ObjectStore::list_with_offset to

BoxStream<'static, Result<ObjectMeta>>

Are there any user-facing changes?

Yes.

@github-actions github-actions bot added the object-store Object Store Interface label Oct 23, 2024
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kylebarron commented Oct 23, 2024

In developmentseed/obstore#35 I verified that this does enable streaming list in Python bindings:

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@tustvold tustvold added api-change Changes to the arrow API next-major-release the PR has API changes and it waiting on the next major version labels Oct 23, 2024
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alamb commented Nov 7, 2024

Looks like @tustvold had a conversation on #6587 so I defer to him. However, I had a quick look at the code and it looks pretty good to me. Thank you @kylebarron

@@ -44,37 +44,38 @@ pub(crate) trait ListClientExt {
prefix: Option<&Path>,
delimiter: bool,
offset: Option<&Path>,
) -> BoxStream<'_, Result<ListResult>>;
) -> BoxStream<'static, Result<ListResult>>;
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what is the implications of this stream having static lifetime? I don't understand the implications on downstream crates

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For my use case, Python bindings with pyo3 don't allow you to have any lifetime parameters shorter than 'static: https://pyo3.rs/v0.22.5/class.html#no-lifetime-parameters

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Right -- I guess I am wondering does this effectively mean that the returned streams can't be borrowed (aka they effectively have to be Arc'd or something like that where the stream is owned 🤔 )

Basically I am trying to think about what usecases, if any, that this additional constrait would be break (I realize some people may need to update the type signatures, I am thinking of more fundamental changes)

One thing maybe we could do is try to update DataFusion (and our internal INfluxDB code) with this change and see what, if anything, breaks for us 🤔

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This would only effect implementers of the trait, its a stronger contract on what the implementation chooses to return. The result is consumers of object_store shouldn't notice much

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tustvold commented Nov 8, 2024

This change makes sense to me, and is definitely something we should consider when looking to make a breaking releas. However, I think we want to get a few more such changes lined up before taking the plunge, object_store breaking changes are quite disruptive

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alamb commented Nov 22, 2024

For whatever it is worth, I was fighting with the lifetimes of list in

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