Maxim, thanks for taking the time to answer me.
On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 12:52 PM, Maxim Khitrov <m...@mxcrypt.com> wrote: > Maybe you already know this, but that PDF seems to cover the format > that was used by MATLAB Version 5 (R8). Versions since R2006b use an > HDF5-based format: > > https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/import_export/mat-file-versions.html yep. but the data I'll currently need to wrestle with is Level-5. > > > Unless you only need to work with the old format, you should look for > an HDF5 implementation in Go. I only found bindings for the C library. > this one ? github.com/sbinet/go-hdf5 ? :) HDF5 is a very VERY large (C) library and reimplementing it in pure-Go would be: a) a huge task b) very interesting c) hair pulling d) all of the above the Level-5 (and Level-4) data file format(s) aren't that complicated. I guess I'll bite the bullet and write the package. -s -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.