better handling for missing axes information in dtype metadata

danielhrisca · danielhrisca · commit c4379b7f6ffa · 2025-12-16T10:29:38.000+02:00
diff --git a/src/asammdf/blocks/mdf_v4.py b/src/asammdf/blocks/mdf_v4.py
@@ -3584,8 +3584,9 @@ def append(
                 names_nr = len(names)
 
                 metadata = array_dtype[array_name].metadata or array_dtype[array_name].base.metadata or {}
-                if metadata:
+                if 'axes' in metadata:
                     array_axes = metadata['axes']
+
                 else:
                     if len(names) == 1:
                         array_axes = [
diff --git a/src/asammdf/version.py b/src/asammdf/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """asammdf version module"""
 
-__version__ = "8.8.0.dev4"
+__version__ = "8.8.0.dev5"
