String datasets presented as object dtype |O

vasole · Oct 28, 2024 · 71a41ce · 71a41ce
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commit 71a41ce
Showing 1 changed file with 8 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/src/PyMca5/PyMcaGui/io/hdf5/HDF5Widget.py b/src/PyMca5/PyMcaGui/io/hdf5/HDF5Widget.py
@@ -283,8 +283,14 @@ def children(self):
                         if hasattr(dataset, "shape"):
                             if not len(dataset.shape):
                                 # it can still be a string
-                                if hasattr(dataset, "dtype") and safe_str(dataset.dtype).startswith("|S"):
-                                    pass
+                                if hasattr(dataset, "dtype"):
+                                    if safe_str(dataset.dtype).startswith("|S"):
+                                        pass
+                                    elif safe_str(dataset.dtype) == "object":
+                                        # issue 1059
+                                        pass
+                                    else:
+                                        finalListIsTrue = False
                                 else:
                                     finalListIsTrue = False
                         if finalListIsTrue and not isinstance(finalList[i][1], str):