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| author | Scot Breitenfeld <brtnfld@hdfgroup.org> | 2022-12-17 03:56:52 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2022-12-17 03:56:52 (GMT) |
| commit | 70cf2c390bc2eef8e57f8fa023341011e2d02d9d (patch) | |
| tree | 4ab28e843e2ea5f7ed61b2b31b8178f5d563d889 | |
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Removed idioms and misc. text clean-up (#2320)
* removed idioms and misc. text clean-up, Issue #2135
* removed idioms and misc. text clean-up, Issue #2135
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diff --git a/doxygen/dox/ReferenceManual.dox b/doxygen/dox/ReferenceManual.dox index e79de67..b9bcd49 100644 --- a/doxygen/dox/ReferenceManual.dox +++ b/doxygen/dox/ReferenceManual.dox @@ -145,23 +145,19 @@ Functions with \ref ASYNC<br /> </tr> </table> -</td></tr> -<tr><th>Mind the gap</th></tr> -<tr><td> Follow these simple rules and stay out of trouble: -\li \Bold{Handle discipline:} The HDF5 C-API is rife with handles or +\li \Bold{Handle discipline:} The HDF5 API is rife with handles or identifiers, which you typically obtain by creating new HDF5 items, copying - items, or retrieving facets of items. \Emph{You acquire a handle, you own it!} - (Colin Powell) In other words, you are responsible for releasing the underlying + items, or retrieving facets of items. Consequently, \Bold{and most importantly}, you are + responsible for releasing the underlying resources via the matching \Code{H5*close()} call, or deal with the consequences of resource leakage. \li \Bold{Closed means closed:} Do not pass identifiers that were previously \Code{H5*close()}-d to other API functions! It will generate an error. \li \Bold{Dynamic memory allocation:} The API contains a few functions in which the HDF5 library dynamically allocates memory on the caller's behalf. The caller owns - this memory and eventually must free it by calling H5free_memory(). (\Bold{Not} - the `free` function \Emph{du jour}!) + this memory and eventually must free it by calling H5free_memory() and not language-explicit memory functions. \li \Bold{Be careful with that saw:} Do not modify the underlying collection when an iteration is in progress! \li \Bold{Use of locations:} Certain API functions, typically called \Code{H5***_by_name} @@ -169,7 +165,6 @@ Follow these simple rules and stay out of trouble: If the identifier fully specifies the object in question, pass \Code{'.'} (a dot) for the name! -Break a leg! </td> </tr> </table> |