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encourage astropy.table #676

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@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Integration of Astropy core into the LSST software stack is an ongoing process t
This document is not discussing Astropy affiliated packages, use of which must go through the standard :doc:`RFC </communications/rfc>` process.
Not all Astropy core packages can be used by default.

The following packages can be used internally in packages if they do not leak into public APIs:
The following packages can be used internally in packages:
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I think time and units are now accepted enough that they could even be in public APIs, not just internal. But I'm not sure we want the rest in APIs.

.. _fitsio: https://github.com/esheldon/fitsio

.. warning::

``lsst.afw.fits`` must not be used in any new Python code, as it is not considered memory safe.

If not interacting with C++ classes the use of ``astropy.table`` is encouraged.
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Maybe add: "In particular, the Table class has beneficial properties over Pandas DataFrame." ?

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