[svn-r13200] Purpose: Adding wrappers and fixing a bug

Description:
    - Added overloaded function DataType::copy to take a DataSet
    - Added overloaded DataType::commit
    - Fixed bugzilla 797
    - Fixed a warning in DataSpace::operator=
    - Set PropList parameter to default in DataType::convert

Platforms tested
    AIX 5.1 (copper)
    SunOS 5.8 64-bit (sol)
    HPUX 11.00 (kelgia)

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/c++/src/H5PredType.cpp b/c++/src/H5PredType.cpp
index bb0b688..eb55914 100644
--- a/c++/src/H5PredType.cpp
+++ b/c++/src/H5PredType.cpp
@@ -265,9 +265,19 @@ PredType& PredType::operator=( const PredType& rhs )
 #ifndef DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS
 // These dummy functions do not inherit from DataType - they'll
 // throw an DataTypeIException if invoked.
+void PredType::commit( H5File& loc, const char* name )
+{
+   throw DataTypeIException("PredType::commit", "Error: Attempted to commit a predefined datatype.  Invalid operation!" );
+}
+
+void PredType::commit( H5File& loc, const H5std_string& name )
+{
+   commit( loc, name.c_str());
+}
+
 void PredType::commit( H5Object& loc, const char* name )
 {
-   throw DataTypeIException("PredType::commit", "Attempting to commit a predefined datatype.  This operation is invalid" );
+   throw DataTypeIException("PredType::commit", "Error: Attempted to commit a predefined datatype.  Invalid operation!" );
 }
 
 void PredType::commit( H5Object& loc, const H5std_string& name )