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authorFrank Baker <fbaker@hdfgroup.org>2002-01-16 18:45:29 (GMT)
committerFrank Baker <fbaker@hdfgroup.org>2002-01-16 18:45:29 (GMT)
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[svn-r4837]
Purpose: Bugfix. Copy edits. Description: Added IN/OUT designations to parameters. Copy edits. Removed () from public H5 functions in running text. Platforms tested: IE 5
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@@ -120,11 +120,11 @@ As the functions unwind, additional entries are pushed onto the stack.
The API function will return some indication that an error occurred and
the application can print the error stack.
<p>
-Certain API functions in the H5E package, such as <code>H5Eprint()</code>,
+Certain API functions in the H5E package, such as <code>H5Eprint</code>,
do not clear the error stack. Otherwise, any function which
does not have an underscore immediately after the package name
-will clear the error stack. For instance, <code>H5Fopen()</code>
-clears the error stack while <code>H5F_open()</code> does not.
+will clear the error stack. For instance, <code>H5Fopen</code>
+clears the error stack while <code>H5F_open</code> does not.
<p>
An error stack has a fixed maximum size.
If this size is exceeded then the stack will be truncated and only the
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ errors within the H5E package.
as an argument.
<p>
When the library is first initialized the auto printing function
- is set to <code>H5Eprint()</code> (cast appropriately) and
+ is set to <code>H5Eprint</code> (cast appropriately) and
<code>client_data</code> is the standard error stream pointer,
<code>stderr</code>.
<p>
@@ -164,9 +164,9 @@ errors within the H5E package.
<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
<dl>
<dt><em>H5E_auto_t</em> <code>func</code>
- <dd>Function to be called upon an error condition.
+ <dd>IN: Function to be called upon an error condition.
<dt><em>void *</em><code>client_data</code>
- <dd>Data passed to the error function.
+ <dd>IN: Data passed to the error function.
</dl>
<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
<dd>Returns a non-negative value if successful;
@@ -199,10 +199,10 @@ errors within the H5E package.
<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
<dl>
<dt><em>H5E_auto_t *</em> <code>func</code>
- <dd>Current setting for the function to be called upon an
+ <dd>OUT: Current setting for the function to be called upon an
error condition.
<dt><em>void **</em><code>client_data</code>
- <dd>Current setting for the data passed to the error function.
+ <dd>OUT: Current setting for the data passed to the error function.
</dl>
<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
<dd>Returns a non-negative value if successful;
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ errors within the H5E package.
<dd><code>H5Eclear</code> clears the error stack for the current thread.
<p>
The stack is also cleared whenever an API function is called,
- with certain exceptions (for instance, <code>H5Eprint()</code>).
+ with certain exceptions (for instance, <code>H5Eprint</code>).
<p>
<code>H5Eclear</code> can fail if there are problems initializing
the library.
@@ -323,12 +323,12 @@ errors within the H5E package.
<code>HDF5-DIAG: Error detected in thread 0.</code>
<p>
<code>H5Eprint</code> is a convenience function for
- <code>H5Ewalk()</code> with a function that prints error messages.
- Users are encouraged to write there own more specific error handlers.
+ <code>H5Ewalk</code> with a function that prints error messages.
+ Users are encouraged to write their own more specific error handlers.
<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
<dl>
<dt><em>FILE *</em> <code>stream</code>
- <dd>File pointer, or stderr if NULL.
+ <dd>IN: File pointer, or stderr if NULL.
</dl>
<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
<dd>Returns a non-negative value if successful;
@@ -401,11 +401,11 @@ errors within the H5E package.
<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
<dl>
<dt><em>H5E_direction_t</em> <code>direction</code>
- <dd>Direction in which the error stack is to be walked.
+ <dd>IN: Direction in which the error stack is to be walked.
<dt><em>H5E_walk_t</em> <code>func</code>
- <dd>Function to be called for each error encountered.
+ <dd>IN: Function to be called for each error encountered.
<dt><em>void *</em> <code>client_data</code>
- <dd>Data to be passed with <code>func</code>.
+ <dd>IN: Data to be passed with <code>func</code>.
</dl>
<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
<dd>Returns a non-negative value if successful;
@@ -437,8 +437,8 @@ errors within the H5E package.
<dd><code>H5Ewalk_cb</code> is a default error stack traversal callback
function that prints error messages to the specified output stream.
It is not meant to be called directly but rather as an
- argument to the <code>H5Ewalk()</code> function.
- This function is called also by <code>H5Eprint()</code>.
+ argument to the <code>H5Ewalk</code> function.
+ This function is called also by <code>H5Eprint</code>.
Application writers are encouraged to use this function as a
model for their own error stack walking functions.
<p>
@@ -452,17 +452,17 @@ errors within the H5E package.
information about a particular error.
<p>
<code>client_data</code> is the same pointer that was passed as the
- <code>client_data</code> argument of <code>H5Ewalk()</code>.
+ <code>client_data</code> argument of <code>H5Ewalk</code>.
It is expected to be a file pointer (or stderr if null).
<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
<dl>
<dt><em>int</em> <code>n</code>
- <dd>Number of times this function has been called
+ <dd>IN/OUT: Number of times this function has been called
for this traversal of the stack.
<dt><em>H5E_error_t *</em><code>err_desc</code>
- <dd>Error description.
+ <dd>OUT: Error description.
<dt><em>void</em> <code>*client_data</code>
- <dd>A file pointer, or stderr if null.
+ <dd>IN: A file pointer, or stderr if null.
</dl>
<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
<dd>Returns a non-negative value if successful;
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ errors within the H5E package.
<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
<dl>
<dt><em>H5E_major_t</em> <code>n</code>
- <dd>Major error number.
+ <dd>IN: Major error number.
</dl>
<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
<dd> Returns a character string describing the error if successful.
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ errors within the H5E package.
<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>
<dl>
<dt><em>H5E_minor_t</em> <code>n</code>
- <dd>Minor error number.
+ <dd>IN: Minor error number.
</dl>
<dt><strong>Returns:</strong>
<dd> Returns a character string describing the error if successful.
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ H5E&nbsp;&nbsp;
<a href="mailto:hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu">HDF Help Desk</a>
<br>
-Last modified: 13 November 2000
+Last modified: 10 August 2001
<br>
Describes HDF5 Release 1.5, Unreleased Development Branch