diagonal matrices specializations

[Jaroslav Hajek]

On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 9:04 PM,  <dbateman at fladenmuller.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 09, 2008 at 12:52:15PM -0500, John W. Eaton wrote:
>> I'm not sure of the purpose of the HDF5 format.  For example, can
>> Matlab cload HDF files created by Octave?  If so, it would be nice to
>> preserve that capability, but if they can't be loaded directly now,
>> then I'm not sure it matters much and you might as well save the new
>> data types in whatever format makes the most sense.
>
> The Octave HDF5 foormat was a hack before I properly understood HDF5
> attributes. No Octqve HDF5 aren't loaded correctly with matlab. The
> matlab v7.3 file format is basically an HDF5 with the header of the HDF5
> defined to be the matlab MAT-file header. It would be good to implement
> this format and then rewrite the Octave format to be similar...
>

I see. Is it OK if I just leave it in the current state (no saving of
diagonal matrices) and wait until it gets fixed?

> D.
>
>
>>
>> jwe
>



-- 
RNDr. Jaroslav Hajek
computing expert
Aeronautical Research and Test Institute (VZLU)
Prague, Czech Republic
url: www.highegg.matfyz.cz