Merge pull request #46 from hdmf-dev/fix/str_vec_read

passively read datasets that are vectors of strings
hdmf-dev · May 6, 2019 · e0d863d · e0d863d
2 parents 3078775 + 4f09857
commit e0d863d
Showing 1 changed file with 3 additions and 3 deletions.
diff --git a/src/hdmf/backends/hdf5/h5tools.py b/src/hdmf/backends/hdf5/h5tools.py
@@ -343,11 +343,11 @@ def __read_dataset(self, h5obj, name=None):
                 kwargs["data"] = scalar
         elif ndims == 1:
             d = None
-            if h5obj.dtype.kind == 'O':    # read list of strings or list of references
+            if h5obj.dtype.kind == 'O':
                 elem1 = h5obj[0]
                 if isinstance(elem1, (text_type, binary_type)):
-                    d = h5obj[()]
-                elif isinstance(elem1, RegionReference):
+                    d = h5obj
+                elif isinstance(elem1, RegionReference):  # read list of references
                     d = H5RegionDataset(h5obj, self)
                 elif isinstance(elem1, Reference):
                     d = H5ReferenceDataset(h5obj, self)