add SofaStream.verify

[artpelling]

SofaStream has no verify method. For verification of conventions, one would need to read the entire file into memory which defeats the purpose of SofaStream. I've added a verify method to solve that. The method reads everything but the actual numerical data from the (potentially too large for memory) .sofa into a Sofa in-memory object and calls Sofa.verify.

Changes proposed in this pull request:

• added SofaStream.verify
• changed np.array to np.asarray in utils.py to avoid always loading everything into memory
• added tests

Disclaimer:

I partially used an LLM for the NetCDF4 reading stuff. Local tests seem to work well

[f-brinkmann]

Thanks for the effort. I think this is great to have. I suggested a few small changes and to think about a good way to efficiently and comprehesively test the added functionality.

Oh and please already add this to the HISTORY. We do not have a test to enforce this yet but should already start this new best practice.

[hoyer-a]

Thanks, code looks good and this is a great addition.
I only have a conceptual question, since this would differ from how SofaStream is being used so far.

[mberz]

Since this PR proposes a new feature, I've marked it for milestone 1.3.0, not as a patch (bugfix) release

[artpelling]

I've implemented all requested changes.

Since this PR proposes a new feature, I've marked it for milestone 1.3.0, not as a patch (bugfix) release

Sure. May I ask if you would consider making a beta release to PyPI with this feature? I want to depend on it in irdl but I cannot publish a new release unless these changes somehow make it onto the index. If a proper release is available, beta releases should be ignored during a standard installation process unless explicitly requested, so I could explicitly depend on it and the normal user would not notice.