deleting a h5 group not possible

[the-hampel]

Deleting a h5 group with the triqs h5 python layer is not possible. Consider as a simple example the following standard dft_tools archive with the top layer content:

HDFArchive (partial view) with the following content:
  dft_input : subgroup
  dft_misc_input : subgroup
  dft_symmcorr_input : subgroup

running:

with HDFArchive('svo.h5','a') as ar:
    del ar['dft_misc_input']

is not deleting the group. The output still looks the same. However, with h5py this is possible:

import h5py
with h5py.File('svo.h5',  'a') as ar:
    del ar['dft_misc_input']

removes the group from the archive:

HDFArchive (partial view) with the following content:
  dft_input : subgroup
  dft_symmcorr_input : subgroup

I also noticed that the example given in the docstring of the h5 main class do not work:

h5/python/h5/archive.py

Line 339 in d9af4b5

>>> # retrieve a remove archive (in read-only mode) :

the test was done on the 1.1.x branch, but the unstable branch shows the same behavior.