[svn-r24870] Description:

    - Added another overload for char* argument:
        ssize_t getComment(const char* name, const size_t buf_size, char* comment)
    - Changed default value to 0 for the other two getComment methods
    - Added HDmemset to after every char string allocation to clear the buffer
    - Added a null terminator to the comment returned from the C call, in
        getComment methods
    - Some minor cleanup
    Merged from trunk: -r24865 -r24867
Platforms tested:
    Linux/ppc64 (ostrich)
    Linux/32 2.6 (jam)
    SunOS 5.11 (emu)

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/c++/src/H5Location.h b/c++/src/H5Location.h
index db22bff..0e46b4d 100644
--- a/c++/src/H5Location.h
+++ b/c++/src/H5Location.h
@@ -103,8 +103,9 @@ class H5_DLLCPP H5Location : public IdComponent {
 	void setComment(const H5std_string& comment) const;
 
 	// Retrieves comment for the HDF5 object specified by its name.
-	H5std_string getComment(const char* name, size_t bufsize=256) const;
-	H5std_string getComment(const H5std_string& name, size_t bufsize=256) const;
+	ssize_t getComment(const char* name, const size_t buf_size, char* comment) const;
+	H5std_string getComment(const char* name, size_t buf_size=0) const;
+	H5std_string getComment(const H5std_string& name, size_t buf_size=0) const;
 
 	// Removes the comment for the HDF5 object specified by its name.
 	void removeComment(const char* name) const;