What's new for h5py? Aleksandar Jelenak on Call the Doctor 6/20/23

Aleksandar Jelenak shared news about the recent release of H5Py, a Python package for working with HDF5 (Hierarchical Data Format) files. He metnioned various improvements and bug fixes included in the release, including: 

• Issues related to building H5Py on HPC systems and the resolution of those issues.
• Changes in the upcoming version of Cython (a programming language used for generating C code from Python) that affect H5Py.
• Introduction of new features such as the ability to pass a buffer object as an argument, support for the special array method, and improved error detection for group names.
• Deprecation and removal of certain functionalities like the S Type syntax.
• Support for registering HDF5 filters in H5Py.
• Bug fixes related to group access properties, calculation functions, IPython compatibility, and attribute overwriting. 

This session happened on June 13, 2023. You can watch this episode online.

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