Re: [Pytables-users] C/Fortran interface to pytables database?

[Francesc A. <fa...@op...>]

Hello!

A Dimecres 12 Febrer 2003 21:21, Jeff Whitaker va escriure:
> Can pytables data files be read in C/Fortran using the standard HDF5 AP=
I?

Yes, of course. PyTables only add some special attributes to the groups a=
nd
datasets, but you can happily bypass them when reading from C/Fortran. Th=
ese
attributes are metadata for the groups and datasets, like the title for e=
ach
dataset, the pytables version format, the kind of Python object saved the=
re,
and a few more.

In the coming version of PyTables (0.3), it will be able to read generic
HDF5 files created from C/Fortran/Java whenever they are arrays (homogene=
ous
datasets) or tables (heterogeneous data made from H5T_COMPOUND type). I h=
ope
to add support for more objects in the future, but with the existing
support, PyTables should be able to read the 95% of existing HDF5 files.

Cheers,

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Francesc Alted