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# HDF5, Parquet, PyArrow CSV, YAML (`astropy.io.misc`)

The `astropy.io.misc` module contains miscellaneous input/output routines that do not fit elsewhere, and are often used by other `astropy` sub-packages. For example, `astropy.io.misc.hdf5` contains functions to read/write `Table` objects from/to HDF5 files, but these should not be imported directly by users. Instead, users can access this functionality via the `Table` class itself (see High-level Unified File I/O). Routines that are intended to be used directly by users are listed in the `astropy.io.misc` section.

## Reference/API

- Reference/API
  - astropy.io.misc Package
  - astropy.io.misc.hdf5 Module
  - astropy.io.misc.yaml Module
  - astropy.io.misc.parquet Module
  - astropy.io.misc.pyarrow.csv Module