Re: [Matplotlib-users] netcdf4-python usage, NetCDFFile

[Jeff W. <js...@fa...>]

  On 10/30/10 3:41 AM, John wrote:
> I've searched through the netcdf4-python trunk, but I find no
> reference of NetCDFFile as in how the basemap or Scientific.IO.NetCDF
> modules use it.
>
> For compatibility with my old scripts, is it safe to simply:
>
> from netCDF4 import Dataset as NetCDFFile
>
> ??
>
> Thanks,
> john
>
John:  Neither basemap or Scientific.IO.NetCDF uses it.  What gave you 
the impression they did?  There is a 'NetCDFFile' in function in 
basemap, but it is based on the pure-python netCDF module pupynere. It 
doesn't support netcdf-4 and I only recommend using it for the 
occasional light use.

The netcdf4-python API is mostly compatible with Scientific.IO.NetCDF, 
so if you have old script that use the latter, you can try:

from netCDF4 import Dataset as NetCDFFile

The docs for netcdf4-python are at

http://netcdf4-python.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/docs/netCDF4-module.html


-Jeff