This is major release that includes some new features and quite a few bug
fixes. Here are the highlights:
- There is now a direct constructor for
DataArrayobjects, which makes it
possible to create a DataArray without using a Dataset. This is highlighted
in the refreshed tutorial. - You can perform aggregation operations like
meandirectly on
xray.Datasetobjects, thanks to Joe Hamman. These aggregation
methods also worked on grouped datasets. - xray now works on Python 2.6, thanks to Anna Kuznetsova.
- A number of methods and attributes were given more sensible (usually shorter)
names:labeled->sel,indexed->isel,select->
select_vars,unselect->drop_vars,dimensions->dims,
coordinates->coords,attributes->attrs. - New
Dataset.load_dataandDataset.closemethods for datasets facilitate lower level of control of data loaded from disk.