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authorFrank Baker <fbaker@hdfgroup.org>2004-07-01 22:19:40 (GMT)
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Description: Added "API Changes" section for Release 1.6.3. Includes templates and an incomplete scattering of initial entries. Platforms tested: Mozilla
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@@ -53,7 +53,160 @@ This document is intended to assist application developers who must keep
an application synchronized with the HDF5 library or related software.
-<h2>Release 1.6.2 (current release) versus Release 1.6.1</h2>
+<h2>Release 1.6.3 (current release) versus Release 1.6.2</h2>
+
+<dir>
+
+This section lists the API-level changes that have been made in the
+transition from the HDF5 Release 1.6.2 to Release 1.6.3.
+
+
+ <h3>New Functions and Tools</h3>
+ <dl>
+ <dt>C functions:
+ <dd>The following C functions are new for Release 1.6.3 and
+ are documented in the
+ <a href="../RM_H5Front.html"><cite>HDF5 Reference Manual</cite></a>.
+
+ <table border="0">
+ <tr>
+ <td align="left" valign="top"><code>H5Fget_name</code>
+ &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
+ <td align="left" valign="top"><em>ssize_t</em> <code>H5Fget_name</code>
+ (<em>hid_t</em> <code>obj_id</code>,
+ <em>char *</em><code>name</code>),
+ <em>size_t</em> <code>size</code><br>
+ See <a href="../RM_H5F.html#File-GetName">entry</a>.</td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+
+ <dd>&nbsp;
+ <dt>Fortran subroutines:
+ <dd>The following Fortran90 subroutines are new for Release 1.6.3
+ and are documented in the
+ <a href="../RM_H5Front.html"><cite>HDF5 Reference Manual</cite></a>.
+ <table border="0">
+ <tr>
+ <td align="left" valign="top">New Fortran90 subroutines corresponding
+ to the new C functions listed above:<br>
+ &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>new_fortran_function_here</code><br>
+ &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>last_new_fortran_here</code>
+ </td>
+ <td align="left" valign="top">
+ &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+
+ <table border="0">
+ <tr>
+ <td align="left" valign="top">New Fortran90 subroutines corresponding
+ to C functions from prior releases:<br>
+ &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>new_fortran_function_here</code><br>
+ &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<code>last_new_fortran_here</code>
+ </td>
+ <td align="left" valign="top">
+ &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+
+
+ <dd>&nbsp;
+ <dt>Tools:
+ <dd>The following tools are new for Release 1.6.3 and are
+ documented on the <a href="../Tools.html">Tools page</a> of the
+ <a href="../RM_H5Front.html"><cite>HDF5 Reference Manual</cite></a>.
+ <dd><code>h5new_tool</code> is designed to do whatever this sentence says.
+ <dd>&nbsp;
+ <dd>The following tool was in Release 1.6.2 but was not included in formal documentation.
+ A full description is now included on the
+ <a href="../Tools.html">Tools page</a> of the
+ <a href="../RM_H5Front.html"><cite>HDF5 Reference Manual</cite></a>.
+ <dd><code>h5repack</code> is designed to copy an HDF5 file
+ to a new file with or without compression and/or chunking.
+ </dl>
+
+
+ <h3>Deleted Functions</h3>
+
+ None.
+
+ <!--
+ The following functions are deprecated in HDF5 Release X.X.x.
+ A backward compatibility mode is provided in this release,
+ enabling these functions and other Release 1.4.x compatibility
+ features, but is available only when the HDF5 library is
+ configured with the flag <code>H5_WANT_H5_V1_4_COMPAT</code>.
+ The backward compatibility mode is not enabled in the
+ binaries distributed by NCSA.
+
+ <dir>
+ <table border=0>
+ <tr valign="top" align="left"><td>
+ &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+ </td><td>
+<pre>
+<code>function</code>
+</pre>
+ </td><td>
+ &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+ </td><td>
+<pre>
+<code>function</code>
+</pre>
+ </td><td>
+ &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+ </td><td>
+<pre>&nbsp;
+
+</pre>
+ </td></tr>
+ </table>
+ </dir>
+ <p>
+ The above functions will eventually be removed from the HDF5
+ distribution and from the <cite>HDF5 Reference Manual</cite>.
+ -->
+
+
+ <h3>Functions with Changed Syntax</h3>
+
+ None.
+
+ <!--
+ The following functions have changed as noted.
+
+ <dl>
+ <dt>C functions:
+ <dt><code>H5function?</code>
+ <dd>Change....
+
+ <dd>&nbsp;
+ <dt>Fortran90 subroutines:
+ <dt><code>h5subroutine_f?</code>
+ <dd>Change...
+ </dl>
+ -->
+
+
+ <h3>Constants with Changed Values</h3>
+
+ None.
+
+
+ </dir>
+<p>&nbsp;
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h2>Release 1.6.2 versus Release 1.6.1</h2>
<dir>
@@ -1330,7 +1483,7 @@ V1.4.0
Describes HDF5 Release 1.6.2, February 2004
</address><!-- #EndLibraryItem --><!-- Created: Spring 1999 -->
<!-- hhmts start -->
-Last modified: 3 March 2004
+Last modified: 1 July 2004
<!-- hhmts end -->
</body>