[pytables-users] change padding type of H5_String

[Nadine Barth]

Hello pytable users,

according to https://www.pytables.org/usersguide/file_format.html the
Datatype H5_STRING for the "Array format" is supported. Unfortunately I
can't find an example for that with pytables. So can please anyone tell me
how to use the COMPOUND or H5_STRING Datatype?

The background is, that I want to change the padding type from
H5T_STR_NULLTERM to H5T_STR_SPACEPAD. I have found some Discussions about
that which I not fully understand
(https://github.com/PyTables/PyTables/issues/264). I understand it the way
that there is no possibility in pytables to store the data as
H5T_STR_SPACEPAD and I have to switch to h5py to bypass the problem. But
the discussion is from 2013 and maybe the situation has changed until now.
Then I found the supported datatypes and was confused - so is it possible
to change the type in pytables?

Many thanks already for your help!
Regards, Nadine