'Reads a record of a given type from the file, defaulting to a floating
point number (``real*8`` in Fortran).
Parameters
dtype : dtype, optional
Data type specifying the size and endiness of the data.
Returns
data : ndarray
A one-dimensional array object.
See Also
read_ints
read_record'

def read_reals(self, dtype='f8'):

    return self.read_record(dtype=dtype)
