[svn-r25062] Description:

    Put back overloaded functions for backward compatibility:
    - were replaced by better prototyped versions, such as Attribute::getNam.
    - were modified to add const to constant arguments.
    Added notes for future removal in documentation.
    (Elena approved.) Merged from trunk r25061.
Platforms tested:
    Linux/ppc64 (ostrich)
    Linux/32 2.6 (jam)
    SunOS 5.11 (emu)

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/c++/src/H5Attribute.h b/c++/src/H5Attribute.h
index 9908e11..33c4db3 100644
--- a/c++/src/H5Attribute.h
+++ b/c++/src/H5Attribute.h
@@ -39,8 +39,12 @@ class H5_DLLCPP Attribute : public AbstractDs, public IdComponent {
 
 	// Gets the name of this attribute.
 	ssize_t getName(char* attr_name, size_t buf_size = 0) const;
-	ssize_t getName(H5std_string& attr_name, size_t len = 0) const;
+	H5std_string getName(size_t len) const;
 	H5std_string getName() const;
+	ssize_t getName(H5std_string& attr_name, size_t len = 0) const;
+	// The overloaded function below is replaced by the one above and it
+	// is kept for backward compatibility purpose.
+	ssize_t getName( size_t buf_size, H5std_string& attr_name ) const;
 
 	// Gets a copy of the dataspace for this attribute.
 	virtual DataSpace getSpace() const;