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authorFrank Baker <fbaker@hdfgroup.org>2006-02-08 22:13:17 (GMT)
committerFrank Baker <fbaker@hdfgroup.org>2006-02-08 22:13:17 (GMT)
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[svn-r11929]
Purpose: Bugfix -- Bugzilla entry 234 Description: Removed discussion of the time datatype class, H5T_TIME, in the Introduction to HDF5. With corresponding changes in the User's Guide Datatypes chapter and the immediately-preceding Reference Manual change, this closes Bugzilla 234. Tested: Safari
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@@ -323,7 +323,11 @@ Atomic datatypes can also be system-specific, or <I><CODE>NATIVE</CODE></I>, and
<li><em>Named</em> datatypes are either atomic or compound datatypes that have been specifically designated to be shared across datasets.
</ul>
<I><P>Atomic datatypes</I> include integers and floating-point numbers. Each atomic type belongs to a particular class and has several properties: size, order, precision, and offset. In this introduction, we consider only a few of these properties.
-<P>Atomic classes include integer, float, date and time, string, bit field, and opaque. <I>(Note: Only integer, float and string classes are available in the current implementation.)
+<P>Atomic classes include integer, float,
+<!-- date and time,
+ (DISCUSSION OF TIME DATATYPE COMMENTED OUT 6 FEB 2006,
+ UNTIL IT IS PROPERLY SUPPORTED IN THE LIBRARY.) -->
+string, bit field, and opaque. <I>(Note: Only integer, float and string classes are available in the current implementation.)
</I><P>Properties of integer types include size, order (endian-ness), and signed-ness (signed/unsigned).
<P>Properties of float types include the size and location of the exponent and mantissa, and the location of the sign bit.
<P>The datatypes that are supported in the current implementation are:
@@ -3154,7 +3158,7 @@ Describes HDF5 Release 1.6.5, November 2005
</address>
<!-- #EndLibraryItem -->
-Last modified: 26 March 2001
+Last modified: 6 February 2006
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