[AstroPy] Re: functional interface for PyFITS?

[Ivo Busko]

Perry Greenfield wrote:
<snip>
> The defaults for these functions are the primary header if it contains
> data, if not the first extension. Otherwise the user must select the
> extension desired. The semantics are that these are file "atomic"
<snip>

In the second case, when there is data, do the first extension header 
also includes the primary header (in the way of the INHERIT keyword)?

-Ivo