gonum / gonum/hdf5

Getting dtype in terms of int32 or int64

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Go
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Description

### What are you trying to do?
I am trying to get the exact size of a datatype

### What did you do?

Tried using Datatype.GoType(), but this aliases everything to golang int

### What did you expect to happen?

Expected to get an exact datatype

### What actually happened?

Didn't get an exact datatype

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Research direction

Start by locating Datatype.GoType() and the datatype definitions it handles. Check how HDF5 integer types are represented and whether existing tests cover int32 or int64 widths. Done means callers can distinguish the exact integer datatype rather than receiving Go int.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go
Domain
data
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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