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<h1>What’s new in PyTables 1.3.2<a class="headerlink" href="#what-s-new-in-pytables-1-3-2" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
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<p>This document details the modifications to PyTables since version 1.2. Its
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<li><p class="first">The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Table.Cols</span></tt> accessor has received a new <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">__setitem__()</span></tt> method that
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<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="n">table</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="mi">4</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">record</span>
<span class="n">table</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">x</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="mi">4</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="mi">1000</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">array</span> <span class="c"># homogeneous column</span>
<span class="n">table</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">cols</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Info</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="mi">4</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="mi">1000</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">recarray</span> <span class="c"># nested column</span>
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<li><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Table.itersequence()</span></tt> has changed the default value for the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">sort</span></tt>
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<h2>Bug fixes (affecting API)<a class="headerlink" href="#bug-fixes-affecting-api" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
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