pointer around and close
it when it is no longer needed (and all objects inside the file) using
the <strong>close_all</strong> method.</p>
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<h3 id="conversion-of-datatypes">Conversion of datatypes<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#conversion-of-datatypes"></a>
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<p>A special feature of this package is the far-reaching and flexible
implementation of data-conversion routines between R and HDF5. Routines
have been implemented for all datatypes, string, da