VLEN test update (#171)

* add --names option for hsls * add test for unitialized vlen dset
HDFGroup · Mar 4, 2024 · 5cdd09b · 5cdd09b
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diff --git a/test/hl/test_vlentype.py b/test/hl/test_vlentype.py
@@ -139,6 +139,17 @@ def test_create_vlen_dset(self):
 
         dset1 = f.create_dataset("dset1", shape=(2,), dtype=dtvlen)
 
+        # try reading uninitialized values
+        ret_val = dset1[...]
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(ret_val, np.ndarray))
+        self.assertEqual(len(ret_val), 2)
+        e0 = ret_val[0]
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(e0, np.ndarray))
+        self.assertEqual(e0.shape, (0,))
+        e1 = ret_val[1]
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(e1, np.ndarray))
+        self.assertEqual(e1.shape, (0,))
+
         # create numpy object array
         e0 = np.array([1,2,3],dtype='uint16')
         e1 = np.array([1,2,3,4],dtype='uint16')