*** /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/nxs/napi.py	2009-01-14 12:36:10.000000000 +0100
--- napi.py	2009-01-26 11:47:08.579863260 +0100
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*** 171,176 ****
--- 171,178 ----
  # Note: put this in a lambda to hide v,k from the local namespace
  _pytype_code=(lambda : dict([(v,k) for (k,v) in _nxtype_code.iteritems()]))()
  
+ _nxtype_code['|S1']=4  #~~~~cpascual: added as a synonim of 'char' for better integration with numpy 
+ 
  # Compression to use when creating data blocks
  _compression_code=dict(
      none=100,