# Version 0.9.9

## Changelog

In addition to bug fixes, pydicom 0.9.9 contains updates for all DICOM dictionaries. New features include DICOMDIR handling, and a utility module which produces python/pydicom source code to recreate a DICOM file.

### Enhancements

- All DICOM dictionaries updated (standard dictionary, UID dictionary, and private dictionaries)

- Dicom commands also added to dictionary

- Ability to work with DICOMDIR: `read_dicomdir()` function and `DicomDir` class. Example file `show_dicomdir.py` file added to examples subdirectory.

- `codify.py`: Produce python/pydicom source code from a DICOM file.

- a number of Python 3 compatibility enhancements

- setup.py uses ez_setup only if setuptools not already installed

- exceptions carry tag info with them, to aid in debugging

### Contrib file changes

- pydicom_series: force parameter added (Nil Goyette)

- dcm_qt_tree: switch to OrderedDict to preserve ordering of tags (Padraig Looney)

### Other Contributors

Other than Jonathan and myself, other contributors were: Rickard Holmberg, Julien Lamy, Yaroslav Halchenko, Mark White, Matthew Brett, Dimitri Papadopoulos, videan42 …(sorry if I’ve missed anyone).