Thanks, Ondrej. For the record, h5py is designed to provide a "NumPy-like" interface to HDF5, along with a near-complete wrapping of the low-level HDF5 C API. It has none of the database-like features of PyTables. The FAQ entry has more info.
Andrew Collette On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Ondrej Certik <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 12:15 PM, Andrew Collette <[email protected]> wrote: >> ===================================== >> Announcing HDF5 for Python (h5py) 1.1 >> ===================================== >> >> What is h5py? >> ------------- >> >> 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. > > Interesting project. My first question was how it is related to > pytables. The answer is here: > > http://code.google.com/p/h5py/wiki/FAQ#What%27s_the_difference_between_h5py_and_Pytables? > > > Ondrej > _______________________________________________ > Numpy-discussion mailing list > [email protected] > http://projects.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion > > _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list [email protected] http://projects.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
