Guido Kraemer

> I think that throwing an error is better than returning garbage data I agree with you here. Throwing an error is correct. We could also return an `Array{Union{Nothing, Float32}}`,...

I took a stab at wrapping z5 from R, it currently compiles, but it is not functional yet and there is still quite a lot of work to do, so...

> Let me know if you have any questions or need any help from the z5 site. Thanks, what is the ETA for v2.0.0?

- I have something basic working working for z5 v2, currently only Int32 and Float64 (The builtin types of R). - I still need to think how to deal with...

> > ``` > > * I still need to think how to deal with the other data types (e.g. Booleans). > > ``` > > > Just fyi, I...

What is the state of Zarr support in R? I haven't looked at my package for a while and wonder if someone else has done some work on this in...

the `netcdf-c` library has added support for zarr files. `netcdf-c` is the basis for the R package `ncdf4`. There are discussion on how to get it working in R https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-c/issues/1982.

I will try to attend but cannot make any promises.

I agree here! Having "special" dimensions is antithetical to the data cube philosophy!

This is the paper that should be cited, right? https://esd.copernicus.org/articles/11/201/2020/