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SciDB-Py Documentation
======================

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 4

   guide
   api

Version Information
-------------------

The major and minor version numbers of SciDB-Py track the major and
minor version of SciDB they are compatible with. For example SciDB-Py
``16.9.1``, ``16.9.2`` or ``16.9.10`` are all compatible with SciDB
``16.9.x``.

During SciDB ``16.9``, Shim (HTTP service for SciDB) transitioned from
query authentication to session authentication. SciDB-Py has been
updated to be compatible with the new Shim. Below is the compatibility
matrix between SciDB-Py and Shim:

===========  =====
SciDB-Py     Shim
===========  =====
``16.9.1``   query authentication (old Shim)
``16.9.2``   query authentication (old Shim)
``16.9.10``  session authentication (new Shim)
===========  =====

From ``16.9.10`` onwards only Shim with session authentication is
supported.

Since SciDB-Py Release **16.9.1** (released in `September 2017`) the
library has been rewritten entirely from scratch. **16.9.1** and newer
versions are **not compatible** with the previous versions of the
library. The documentation for the previous versions is available at
`SciDB-Py documentation (legacy)
<http://scidb-py.readthedocs.io/en/v16.9-legacy/>`_. GitHub pull
requests are still accepted for the previous versions, but the code is
not actively maintained.

Indices and Tables
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* :ref:`genindex`
* :ref:`modindex`
* :ref:`search`