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authorFrank Baker <fbaker@hdfgroup.org>1998-09-09 22:48:37 (GMT)
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A little editorial cleanup. Added link to Ragged.html, Ragged Arrays. Added link to Environment.html, Environmental Variables and Configuration Parameters. Added link to Copyright.html. Ragged.html Added "Use at your own risk" notice. Environment.html New file for environmental variables and configuration parameters. Datatypes.html Added the following datatypes: H5T_NATIVE_HSIZE H5T_NATIVE_HSSIZE H5T_NATIVE_HERR H5T_NATIVE_HBOOL Section 8, "Data Conversions" Added named link tag to catch hyperlink from RM. Revised "Note:" to emphasize limited inate data-conversion capability. Copyright.html New file. Copyright statement, linked into User's Guide and Reference Manual. Glossary.html Unlinked for Beta. General Changed email link at bottom of "user guide level documents" (as contrasted with "developer guide level documents" listed on the lower half of the User's Guide front page) to HDF Help Desk, hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu. Changed the following function names: From: To: H5version H5get_libversion H5vers_check H5check_version H5Anum_attrs H5Aget_num_attrs H5Fget_create_template() H5Fget_create_plist() H5Fget_access_template() H5Fget_access_plist() H5Gstat H5Gget_stat H5Sextent_npoints H5Sget_simple_extent_npoints H5Sextent_ndims H5Sget_simple_extent_ndims H5Sextent_dims H5Sget_simple_extent_dims H5Sget_class H5Sget_simple_extent_type H5Sselect_npoints H5Sget_select_npoints
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@@ -777,6 +777,22 @@
<td><code>H5T_NATIVE_LDOUBLE</code></td>
<td><code>long double</code></td>
</tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td><code>H5T_NATIVE_HSIZE</code></td>
+ <td><code>hsize_t</code></td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td><code>H5T_NATIVE_HSSIZE</code></td>
+ <td><code>hssize_t</code></td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td><code>H5T_NATIVE_HERR</code></td>
+ <td><code>herr_t</code></td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td><code>H5T_NATIVE_HBOOL</code></td>
+ <td><code>hbool_t</code></td>
+ </tr>
</table>
</center>
@@ -1024,7 +1040,9 @@ hid_t dset4 = H5Dcreate (file, "dset4", t2, space, H5P_DEFAULT);
</table>
</center>
+ <a name="Datatypes-DataConversion">
<h2>8. Data Conversion</h2>
+ </a>
<p>The library is capable of converting data from one type to
another and does so automatically when reading or writing the
@@ -1049,11 +1067,18 @@ hid_t dset4 = H5Dcreate (file, "dset4", t2, space, H5P_DEFAULT);
conversion functions than calling an application-defined
conversion function).
- <p><b>Note:</b> The alpha version of the library does not contain
- a full set of conversions. It can convert from one integer
- format to another and one struct to another. It can also
- perform byte swapping when the source and destination types are
- otherwise the same.
+ <p><b>Note:</b> The HDF5 library contains a deliberately limited
+ set of conversion routines. It can convert from one integer
+ format to another, from one floating point format to another,
+ and from one struct to another. It can also perform byte
+ swapping when the source and destination types are otherwise
+ the same. The library does not contain any functions for
+ converting data between integer and floating point formats.
+ It is anticipated that some users will find it necessary to
+ develop float to integer or integer to float conversion functions
+ at the application level; if they wish, users are invited to
+ submit those functions to be considered for inclusion in future
+ versions of the library.
<p>A conversion path contains a source and destination data type
and each path contains a <em>hard</em> conversion function
@@ -1383,12 +1408,24 @@ H5Tregister_soft ("cus2be", H5T_INTEGER, H5T_INTEGER, cray_ushort2be);
conversion path whether that conversion path was actually used
or not.
+<!--
<hr>
<address><a href="mailto:matzke@llnl.gov">Robb Matzke</a></address>
<address><a href="mailto:koziol@ncsa.uiuc.edu">Quincey Koziol</a></address>
+-->
<!-- Created: Thu Dec 4 14:57:32 EST 1997 -->
<!-- hhmts start -->
+<!--
Last modified: Tue Sep 8 14:43:32 EDT 1998
+-->
<!-- hhmts end -->
+
+<hr>
+<address>
+<a href="mailto:hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu">HDF Help Desk</a>
+</address>
+
+Last modified: 9 September 1998
+
</body>
</html>