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Rename DataType::Binary to DataType::Bytes #114

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LDeakin opened this issue Dec 30, 2024 · 0 comments · Fixed by #118
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Rename DataType::Binary to DataType::Bytes #114

LDeakin opened this issue Dec 30, 2024 · 0 comments · Fixed by #118
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LDeakin commented Dec 30, 2024

The implementation of variable-length data types in zarrs was based on ZEP0007, which used Binary for variable length binary data. That ZEP has stalled and zarr-python has opted to use Bytes instead and to use the vlen-bytes codec name. So, just rename this data type for ecosystem compatibility.

@LDeakin LDeakin added this to the zarrs 0.19 milestone Dec 30, 2024
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