Allow for hdf5 dataset compression
The purpose of this MR is to allow the user to take advantage of how h5py is able to compresses datasets to reduce the overall size of the metafile. This fixes issue #224 (closed).
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The purpose of this MR is to allow the user to take advantage of how h5py is able to compresses datasets to reduce the overall size of the metafile. This fixes issue #224 (closed).