[hdf-forum] simple question

christian.liebhardt at iae-gmbh.com christian.liebhardt at iae-gmbh.com
Mon Oct 13 09:11:43 EDT 2008


Hi Francesc,

thanks for your answer. I think it will be helpfull for me, but first I have to implement HDF5 in Agilent Vee...

Best regards

Christian


>Hi Christian,
>
>A Thursday 09 October 2008, christian.liebhardt at iae-gmbh.com escrigué:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'am very new to HDF5 and I do not have much experience in
>> programming. So, is it possible to include HDF5 in Python programs?
>> How does it works?
>
>I don't know what you exactly mean by 'including' HDF5 in Python, but I 
>suppose that you meant using the HDF5 library from Python.  In that 
>case, yeah, there are (at least) a couple of options:
>
>- h5py (h5py.alfven.org):  Meant to provide a complete wrapper to HDF5.  
>It uses a low level approach, and despite the fact that it is a pretty 
>young library (i.e. you should expect bugs), it looks great.
>
>- PyTables (www.pytables.org):  It provides a high-level, easy-to-use 
>interface to the HDF5 library with an emphasis in performance.  It is a 
>mature (reached production quality around 5 years ago) and well-tested 
>library.
>
>My advise is that you visit their web sites and choose the one that fits 
>better to your needs.
>
>Hope that helps,
>
>-- 
>Francesc Alted
>Freelance developer
>Tel +34-964-282-249
>
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