Announcing HDF5 for Python (h5py) 2.4.0 BETA ============================================
The h5py team is happy to announce the availability of h5py 2.4.0 (beta). This beta version will be available for approximately two weeks. Because of the substantial number of changes to the code base, we welcome feedback, particularly from MPI users. Documentation for the beta is at: http://docs.h5py.org/en/latest/ Download at PyPI: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/h5py/2.4.0b1 Changes ------- This release incorporates a total re-write of the identifier management system in h5py. As part of this refactoring, the entire API is also now protected by threading locks. User-visible changes include: * Files are now automatically closed when all objects within them are unreachable. Previously, if File.close() was not explicitly called, files would remain open and "leaks" were possible if the File object was lost. * The entire API is now believed to be thread-safe (feedback welcome!). * External links now work if the target file is already open. Previously this was not possible because of a mismatch in the file close strengths. * The options to setup.py have changed; a new top-level "configure" command handles options like --hdf5=/path/to/hdf5 and --mpi. Setup.py now works correctly under Python 3 when these options are used. * Cython (0.17+) is now required when building from source. * The minimum NumPy version is now 1.6.1. * Various other enhancements and bug fixes _______________________________________________ Hdf-forum is for HDF software users discussion. [email protected] http://mail.lists.hdfgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/hdf-forum_lists.hdfgroup.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/hdf5
