# beachmat extension for HDF5
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This package implements an `initializeCpp()` method for the **tatami** representations from the [**tatami_hdf5**](https://github.com/tatami-inc/tatami_hdf5) C++ library.
Developers or users simply have to import this package into the current R session in order for these methods to take effect.