[hdf-forum] ANN: HDF5 for Python (h5py) 1.2

[Andrew Collette]

Announcing HDF5 for Python (h5py) 1.2
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I'm pleased to announce the availability of HDF5 for Python 1.2 final!
This release represents a significant update to the h5py feature set.
Some of the new new features are:

 - Support for variable-length strings!
 - Use of built-in Python exceptions (KeyError, etc), alongside H5Error
 - Top-level support for HDF5 CORE, SEC2, STDIO, WINDOWS and FAMILY drivers
 - Support for ENUM and ARRAY types
 - Support for Unicode file names
 - Big speedup (~3x) when using single-index slicing on a chunked dataset

Main site:      http://h5py.alfven.org
Google code:    http://h5py.googlecode.com


What is h5py?
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HDF5 for Python (h5py) is a general-purpose Python interface to the
Hierarchical Data Format library, version 5.  HDF5 is a versatile,
mature scientific software library designed for the fast, flexible
storage of enormous amounts of data.