[Pytables-users] Re: Pytables-users digest, Vol 1 #124 - 3 msgs

[russ <ru...@ag...>]

>> Actually I'd disagree with that.  I think the beauty of allowing any
>> arbitrary string in the __getitem__ is that anything is allowed;  there
>> are no special cases for the programmer to have to worry about.  It is
>> very simple to use.  It doesn't make sense to me to provide a special
>> interpretation for the "/" character purely in order to save typing a
>> few characters in an interactive session.


>'/' is prohibited by the underlying HDF5 as part of an identifier. It is 
>therefore not an option to allow it in a PyTables identifer. The only 
>question is whether it should raise an exception or have the special meaning.
>Personally, I have no strong opinion on this question.

Well, in that case maybe it is best to allow the special "/" interpretation.
Cheers, -Russ