v0.7.6

v0.7.6 2024-08-06

Added

• Full support for reading VLEN datasets (numeric variable-length datasets), fixing #78

  • previously the library made no attempt to read the stored values and returned the raw bytes (corresponding to intermediate[length, data_pointer] pairs)
  • now returns an Array of TypedArray objects containing the stored values (or an Array of Array objects if json_value is requested)
  • vlen_type?: Metadata key added to Metadata interface, and populated with type information about the base type in a VLEN dataset

Changed

• Retrieve value of boolean dataset as Int8Array instead of plain JS boolean array. To retrieve a plain JS boolean array, use json_value instead:

  // v0.7.5 and earlier
  bool_dset.value; // -> [false, true]
  bool_dset.json_value; // -> [false, true]
  
  // v0.7.6 onwards
  bool_dset.value; // -> Int8Array(2) [0, 1]
  bool_dset.json_value; // -> [false, true]