ENH: support HDFStore in Python3 (via PyTables 3.0.0)

README.rst

@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ Optional dependencies
   - `Cython <http://www.cython.org>`__: Only necessary to build development version. Version 0.17.1 or higher.
   - `SciPy <http://www.scipy.org>`__: miscellaneous statistical functions
   - `PyTables <http://www.pytables.org>`__: necessary for HDF5-based storage
-     - Not yet supported on python >= 3
   - `matplotlib <http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/>`__: for plotting
   - `statsmodels <http://statsmodels.sourceforge.net/>`__
      - Needed for parts of :mod:`pandas.stats`

RELEASE.rst

@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ pandas 0.11.1
       to append an index with a different name than the existing
     - support datelike columns with a timezone as data_columns (GH2852_)
     - table writing performance improvements.
+    - support python3 (via ``PyTables 3.0.0``) (GH3750_)
   - Add modulo operator to Series, DataFrame
   - Add ``date`` method to DatetimeIndex
   - Simplified the API and added a describe method to Categorical
@@ -79,10 +80,14 @@ pandas 0.11.1
 
 **API Changes**
 
-  - When removing an object from a ``HDFStore``, ``remove(key)`` raises
-    ``KeyError`` if the key is not a valid store object.
-  - In an ``HDFStore``, raise a ``TypeError`` on passing ``where`` or ``columns`` 
-    to select with a Storer; these are invalid parameters at this time
+  - ``HDFStore``
+
+    - When removing an object, ``remove(key)`` raises
+      ``KeyError`` if the key is not a valid store object.
+    - raise a ``TypeError`` on passing ``where`` or ``columns`` 
+      to select with a Storer; these are invalid parameters at this time
+    - can now specify an ``encoding`` option to ``append/put`` 
+      to enable alternate encodings (GH3750_)
   - The repr() for (Multi)Index now obeys display.max_seq_items rather
     then numpy threshold print options. (GH3426_, GH3466_)
   - Added mangle_dupe_cols option to read_table/csv, allowing users
@@ -288,6 +293,7 @@ pandas 0.11.1
 .. _GH3740: https://github.com/pydata/pandas/issues/3740
 .. _GH3748: https://github.com/pydata/pandas/issues/3748
 .. _GH3741: https://github.com/pydata/pandas/issues/3741
+.. _GH3750: https://github.com/pydata/pandas/issues/3750
 
 pandas 0.11.0
 =============

ci/install.sh

@@ -69,13 +69,11 @@ if ( ! $VENV_FILE_AVAILABLE ); then
         pip install $PIP_ARGS  cython
 
         if [ ${TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION:0:1} == "2" ]; then
-            # installed explicitly above, to get the library as well
-        #    sudo apt-get $APT_ARGS install libhdf5-serial-dev;
-            pip install numexpr
-            pip install tables
             pip install $PIP_ARGS xlwt
         fi
 
+        pip install numexpr
+        pip install tables
         pip install $PIP_ARGS matplotlib
         pip install $PIP_ARGS openpyxl
         pip install $PIP_ARGS xlrd>=0.9.0

doc/source/install.rst

@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ Optional Dependencies
     version. Version 0.17.1 or higher.
   * `SciPy <http://www.scipy.org>`__: miscellaneous statistical functions
   * `PyTables <http://www.pytables.org>`__: necessary for HDF5-based storage
-     * Not yet supported on python >= 3
   * `matplotlib <http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/>`__: for plotting
   * `statsmodels <http://statsmodels.sourceforge.net/>`__
      * Needed for parts of :mod:`pandas.stats`

doc/source/io.rst

@@ -1300,12 +1300,11 @@ the high performance HDF5 format using the excellent `PyTables
 <http://www.pytables.org/>`__ library. See the :ref:`cookbook<cookbook.hdf>`
 for some advanced strategies
 
-.. warning::
+.. note::
 
-   ``PyTables`` 3.0.0 was recently released. This enables support for Python 3,
-   however, it has not been integrated into pandas as of yet. (Under Python 2,
-   ``PyTables`` version >= 2.3 is supported).
-
+   ``PyTables`` 3.0.0 was recently released to enables support for Python 3.
+   Pandas should be fully compatible (and previously written stores should be
+   backwards compatible) with all ``PyTables`` >= 2.3
 
 .. ipython:: python
    :suppress:

doc/source/v0.11.1.txt

@@ -237,6 +237,9 @@ Enhancements
          pd.get_option('a.b')
          pd.get_option('b.c')
 
+  - Support for ``HDFStore`` (via ``PyTables 3.0.0``) on Python3
+
+
 Bug Fixes
 ~~~~~~~~~