hdf5/README
Robb Matzke b56f011989 [svn-r526] Changes since 19980721
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./tools/h5ls.c
	If the dataset is of type H5T_NATIVE_CHAR then we print the
	value as a string.  This is temporary -- I plan to add better
	control of this later but needed something now for debugging.

./src/H5Fistore.c
	Squashed a bug in the chunk caching code that caused the wrong
	chunk to be returned.

./bin/trace
./src/H5.c
	Added support for printing values of array arguments when the
	size of the array is supplied by some previous argument.  You
	must declare the argument as an array in order for the
	automatic tracing stuff to work.  For instance, the third
	argument of H5Pset_chunk() is an array whose size is
	determined by the second argument `ndims'.  Here's how you
	should declare it:

	    herr_t
	    H5Pset_chunk(hid_t plist_id, intn rank, hsize_t dims[/*rank*/])

	The comment inside the `[]' is the name of some previous
	integer argument (int, unsigned, size_t, ssize_t, hsize_t,
	hssize_t).  The trace output will look something like:

	    H5Pset_chunk(plist=1234567, rank=2, dims=0x112233 {11, 22})

	Changed tracing so that data types are printed out
	symbolically when possible.

	Changed tracing so data type initializations are not printed.
	This used to be confusing because lots of H5Tcopy() and
	H5Tregister...() calls showed up before the applications first
	explicit API call.

./src/H5Ipublic.h
	Changed the file atom group from zero to one so printing of
	atoms during tracing is more consistent -- they're all big
	numbers now.

./src/H5A.c
./src/H5E.c
./src/H5F.c
./src/H5G.c
./src/H5Sselect.c
./src/H5T.c
./src/H5TB.c
./src/H5Z.c
	Accidently modified these when working on the tracing, but
	nothing should have changed.

./src/H5P.c
	Changed the definition of H5Pset_chunk() for tracing.

./src/H5S.c
./src/H5Spublic.h
	Changed the definitions of H5Sset_extent_simple() and
	H5Screate_simple() for tracing.  Changed the FUNC_ENTER() name
	for H5Screate_simple() so tracing shows the correct name.
1998-07-22 08:51:51 -05:00

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This is hdf5-1.0.24 released on 1998-06-21 19:01 UTC
Please refer to the INSTALL file for installation instructions.
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This release is almost fully functional for the entire API defined in the
documentation, see the RELEASE file in this directory for information
specific to this release of the library. The INSTALL file contains
instructions on compiling and installing the library. The INSTALL_parallel
file contains instructions on installing the parallel version of the
library.
Documentation for this release is in the html directory. Start with the
"index.html" in that dictectory.
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