ruby-hdf5

experimental Ruby bindings for the HDF5 library

Development

• c2ffi
• c2ffi4rb

Generate spec file

c2ffi $(pkg-config --cflags-only-I hdf5 | ruby -npe '$_.strip!.gsub!(/-I/, "")<<"/hdf5.h"') > hdf5.json
# c2ffi /usr/include/hdf5/serial/hdf5.h > hdf5.json

Generate Ruby bindings

c2ffi4rb hdf5.json > lib/hdf5/ffi.rb

The auto-generated bindings require some minor manual modifications.

Development Strategy

All pull requests will be merged

• All pull requests received will be merged unless there is detrimental code.
• If the pull request contains a bug, it still will be merged.
• The author can add a comment that there is a bug here, or revert the commit if the bug is critical.
• The author can add a commit to the pull request or send another pull request to fix the bug later.

Why are all pull requests merged?

• Development is a transition of code states.
• We pay more attention to transient events, the probability that new commitments will continue to occur, than to the quality of the code at a given point in time.
• Usually, High code quality is important to keep developers and users motivated.
• However, HDF5 binding for Ruby has not been maintained for a long time.
• This situation means that developer density is low and requires unusual strategies to maintain the project.

Acknowledgement

https://github.com/edmundhighcock/hdf5

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.