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WFDB path ignored

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
data

Research direction

No file, test, or entry point is named. Start by locating how wfdb-python resolves record locations and compare that behavior with the WFDB environment variable described in the issue. Done means the variable can be used or set as expected and the supported behavior is documented.

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Description

The wfdb C package uses the WFDB environment variable to look for records locations.

wfdb-python apparently ignores this environment variable and I could not find a way to use or set it in the documentation.

I have worked around it using a wrapper, but I would like to know if there is any plan to support this feature.

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