Reading bz2 file into numpy array

[Johannes Korn]

Hi,

is there a convenient way to read bz2 files into a numpy array?

I tried:

from bz2 import *
from numpy import *
fd = BZ2File(filename, 'rb')
read_data = fromfile(fd, float32)

but BZ2File doesn't seem to produce a transparent filehandle.

Kind regards!

Johannes