In adding support for python 3.8 and scipy 1.0, pymbar 3.0.4 accidentally changed the API for key components to a new experimental API in which `dict` objects were returned for convenience.
This release restores the previous API behavior in pymbar 3.0.0-3.0.3, but allows the new API to be accessed via the optional keyword argument `return_dict=True` (via PR https://github.com/choderalab/pymbar/pull/319). Without this keyword, the old API is used.
We will consider making the `dict` API the default in pymbar 4, but we will plan to add warnings of the API change well in advance of this change.
Apologies to all our users who were affected by this issue!