FTR: The test fails, because the dtype of the metadata array in the test
file changes during the read/write cycle in the test. The actual content
is unchanges though.
After initial write:
array([['dt', '0.1'],
['first_id', '0'],
['first_index', '0'],
['label', 'population0'],
['last_id', '4'],
['last_index', '5'],
['n', '505'],
['size', '5'],
['units', 'mV'],
['variable', 'v']],
dtype='|S11')
and after the re-write:
array([['dt', '0.1'],
['first_id', '0'],
['first_index', '0'],
['label', 'population0'],
['last_id', '4'],
['last_index', '5'],
['n', '505'],
['size', '5'],
['units', 'mV'],
['variable', 'v']],
dtype='|S32')
Not yet clear on how this happens.
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