def total_count(self):
        return self._page.paginator.count
write out a meta data array to the key as a fixed-format Series
dataset/ETHPy150Open shtalinberg/django-el-pagination/el_pagination/models.py/PageList.total_count--crossover with--dataset/ETHPy150Open pydata/pandas/pandas/io/pytables.py/Table.write_metadata