Supported data types

The wrapper stores the original data types of values of the dictionary in the produced hdf5 file. The following data types are supported:

• float

• int

• str

• tuple

• numpy.array

• numpy.int64 and numpy.float64

• list

• bool

• quantities.Quantity (see https://pypi.python.org/pypi/quantities)

• Lists, tuples and numpy.arrays up to arbitrary depths if all dimensions are uniform, e.g.

  l = numpy.ones((3,3,3))
  

• Lists and tuples are required to contain the contain equal data types across one dimension. For instance, this raises an error

  l = [[1,2], 'a']
  

• Lists, tuples and numpy.arrays with unequal dimensions with maximal depth 1.

  l = [[1,2], [1]]