use h5py_read_dataset to read data to convert string to str

xsocs/io/XsocsH5Base.py

@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ import numpy as _np
 from ..util import text_type
 from ._utils import str_to_h5_utf8
 
+try:  # silx >= 0.14
+    from silx.io.utils import h5py_read_dataset
+except ImportError:  # Fall back for silx < 0.14
+    from ..util.silx_io_utils import h5py_read_dataset
+
 
 # We have to work around a limitation of the h5py.Group.copy method
 # that fails when a group already exists in the destination file.
@@ -179,7 +184,7 @@ class XsocsH5Base(object):
                     return h5_file[path].shape
                 if dtype:
                     return h5_file[path].dtype
-                return h5_file[path][()]
+                return h5py_read_dataset(h5_file[path], decode_ascii=True)
             except KeyError:
                 return None