def readMD(f, **kwargs):
dats={}
cat=f.read(16)
while len(cat)==16:
pl, hl, dl = struct.unpack("<IIQ", cat)
path=f.read(pl)
head=eval(f.read(hl))
dat=None
if dl:
ct=f.read(1)
if ct in ['<', '>', '|', "{"]:
ct=ct+f.read(6)
dti, nd = struct.unpack("<3sI", ct)
if dti.startswith("{"):
dti=dti[1:]
dti=dtype(dti)
else:
print "warning, old mdat. May not be platform portable"
nd = struct.unpack("<I", f.read(4))[0]
dti=dtype("<"+ct)
sh=struct.unpack("<"+"Q"*nd, f.read(8*nd))
dat=f.read(dl)
dat=fromstring(dat, dti)
dti=dti.str
if DTS!=dti[0]:
dtil=dtype(DTS+dti[1:])
dat=dat.astype(dtil)
dat=reshape(dat, sh)
dats[path]=(dat, head)
cat=f.read(16)
try:
url="file://%s" % (f.name,)
except:
try:
url=f.geturl()
except:
url=None
if kwargs.get('return_raw_hash'):
return dats
else:
return hash2doc(dats, url)
