HDFFV-10325: removed the COMMON/EQUIV statements.

2 files changed, 552 insertions, 647 deletions

diff --git a/fortran/src/H5_ff.F90 b/fortran/src/H5_ff.F90
index ef89d2f..db57f03 100644
--- a/fortran/src/H5_ff.F90
+++ b/fortran/src/H5_ff.F90
@@ -38,10 +38,111 @@
 
 MODULE H5LIB
 
-  USE, INTRINSIC :: ISO_C_BINDING, ONLY : c_ptr, C_INTPTR_T
+  USE, INTRINSIC :: ISO_C_BINDING, ONLY : C_PTR, C_INTPTR_T
   USE H5GLOBAL
   IMPLICIT NONE
 
+  PRIVATE
+  !
+  ! H5F flags declaration
+  !
+  INTEGER, PARAMETER :: H5F_FLAGS_LEN = 19
+  INTEGER, DIMENSION(1:H5F_FLAGS_LEN) :: H5F_flags
+  !
+  ! H5generic flags declaration
+  !
+  INTEGER, PARAMETER :: H5generic_FLAGS_LEN = 9
+  INTEGER, DIMENSION(1:H5generic_FLAGS_LEN) :: H5generic_flags
+  
+  INTEGER, PARAMETER :: H5generic_haddr_FLAGS_LEN = 1
+  INTEGER(HADDR_T), DIMENSION(1:H5generic_haddr_FLAGS_LEN) :: H5generic_haddr_flags
+  !
+  ! H5G flags declaration
+  !
+  INTEGER, PARAMETER :: H5G_FLAGS_LEN = 12
+  INTEGER, DIMENSION(1:H5G_FLAGS_LEN) :: H5G_flags
+  !
+  ! H5D flags declaration
+  !
+  INTEGER, PARAMETER :: H5D_FLAGS_LEN = 29
+  INTEGER, DIMENSION(1:H5D_FLAGS_LEN) :: H5D_flags
+  INTEGER, PARAMETER :: H5D_SIZE_FLAGS_LEN = 2
+  INTEGER(SIZE_T), DIMENSION(1:H5D_SIZE_FLAGS_LEN) :: H5D_size_flags
+  !
+  ! H5E flags declaration
+  !
+  INTEGER, PARAMETER :: H5E_FLAGS_LEN = 4
+  INTEGER, DIMENSION(1:H5E_FLAGS_LEN) :: H5E_flags
+  INTEGER, PARAMETER :: H5E_HID_FLAGS_LEN = 1
+  INTEGER(HID_T), DIMENSION(1:H5E_HID_FLAGS_LEN) :: H5E_hid_flags
+  !
+  ! H5FD flags declaration
+  !
+  INTEGER, PARAMETER :: H5FD_FLAGS_LEN = 11
+  INTEGER, DIMENSION(1:H5FD_FLAGS_LEN) :: H5FD_flags
+  !
+  ! H5FD file drivers flags declaration 
+  !
+  INTEGER, PARAMETER :: H5FD_HID_FLAGS_LEN = 7
+  INTEGER(HID_T), DIMENSION(1:H5FD_HID_FLAGS_LEN) :: H5FD_hid_flags
+  !
+  ! H5I flags declaration
+  !
+  INTEGER, PARAMETER :: H5I_FLAGS_LEN = 7
+  INTEGER, DIMENSION(1:H5I_FLAGS_LEN) :: H5I_flags
+  !
+  ! H5L flags declaration
+  !
+  INTEGER, PARAMETER :: H5L_FLAGS_LEN = 6
+  INTEGER, DIMENSION(1:H5L_FLAGS_LEN) :: H5L_flags
+  !
+  ! H5O flags declaration
+  !
+  INTEGER, PARAMETER :: H5O_FLAGS_LEN = 27
+  INTEGER, DIMENSION(1:H5O_FLAGS_LEN) :: H5o_flags
+  !
+  ! H5P flags declaration
+  !
+  INTEGER, PARAMETER :: H5P_FLAGS_LEN = 18
+  INTEGER(HID_T), DIMENSION(1:H5P_FLAGS_LEN) :: H5P_flags
+  !
+  ! H5P integers flags declaration
+  !
+  INTEGER, PARAMETER :: H5P_FLAGS_INT_LEN = 2
+  INTEGER, DIMENSION(1:H5P_FLAGS_INT_LEN) :: H5P_flags_int
+  !
+  ! H5R flags declaration
+  !
+  INTEGER, PARAMETER :: H5R_FLAGS_LEN = 2
+  INTEGER, DIMENSION(1:H5R_FLAGS_LEN) :: H5R_flags
+  !
+  ! H5S flags declaration
+  !
+  INTEGER, PARAMETER :: H5S_FLAGS_LEN = 18
+  INTEGER, DIMENSION(1:H5S_FLAGS_LEN) :: H5S_flags
+  INTEGER, PARAMETER :: H5S_HSIZE_FLAGS_LEN = 1
+  INTEGER(HSIZE_T), DIMENSION(1:H5S_HSIZE_FLAGS_LEN) :: H5S_hsize_flags
+  INTEGER, PARAMETER :: H5S_HID_FLAGS_LEN = 1
+  INTEGER(HSIZE_T), DIMENSION(1:H5S_HID_FLAGS_LEN)   :: H5S_hid_flags
+  !
+  ! H5T flags declaration
+  !
+  INTEGER, PARAMETER :: H5T_FLAGS_LEN = 35
+  INTEGER, DIMENSION(1:H5T_FLAGS_LEN) :: H5T_flags
+  !
+  ! H5Z flags declaration
+  !
+  INTEGER, PARAMETER :: H5Z_FLAGS_LEN = 20
+  INTEGER, DIMENSION(1:H5Z_FLAGS_LEN) :: H5Z_flags
+  !
+  ! H5 Library flags declaration
+  !
+  INTEGER, PARAMETER :: H5LIB_FLAGS_LEN =  2
+  INTEGER, DIMENSION(1:H5LIB_FLAGS_LEN) :: H5LIB_flags
+  
+  PUBLIC :: h5open_f, h5close_f, h5get_libversion_f, h5dont_atexit_f, h5kind_to_type, h5offsetof
+  PUBLIC :: h5garbage_collect_f, h5check_version_f
+
 CONTAINS
 !****s* H5LIB/h5open_f
 !
@@ -65,26 +166,24 @@ CONTAINS
 !
 ! Removed call to h5open_c since this may cause a problem for an
 ! application that uses HDF5 library outside HDF5 Fortran APIs.
-!          October 13, 2011
+! October 13, 2011
 ! Fortran90 Interface:
   SUBROUTINE h5open_f(error)
     IMPLICIT NONE
     INTEGER, INTENT(OUT) :: error
 !*****
-    INTEGER ::  error_1, error_2, error_3
-
     INTERFACE
+
        INTEGER FUNCTION h5init_types_c(p_types, f_types, i_types) &
             BIND(C,NAME='h5init_types_c')
          IMPORT :: HID_T
          IMPORT :: PREDEF_TYPES_LEN, FLOATING_TYPES_LEN, INTEGER_TYPES_LEN
          IMPLICIT NONE
-         INTEGER(HID_T), DIMENSION(PREDEF_TYPES_LEN) :: p_types
-         INTEGER(HID_T), DIMENSION(FLOATING_TYPES_LEN) :: f_types
-         INTEGER(HID_T), DIMENSION(INTEGER_TYPES_LEN) :: i_types
+         INTEGER(HID_T), DIMENSION(1:PREDEF_TYPES_LEN)   :: p_types
+         INTEGER(HID_T), DIMENSION(1:FLOATING_TYPES_LEN) :: f_types
+         INTEGER(HID_T), DIMENSION(1:INTEGER_TYPES_LEN)  :: i_types
        END FUNCTION h5init_types_c
-    END INTERFACE
-    INTERFACE
+
        INTEGER FUNCTION h5init_flags_c(i_H5D_flags, &
             i_H5D_size_flags,&
             i_H5E_flags, &
@@ -116,39 +215,90 @@ CONTAINS
               H5R_FLAGS_LEN, H5S_FLAGS_LEN, H5S_HID_FLAGS_LEN, H5S_HSIZE_FLAGS_LEN, &
               H5T_FLAGS_LEN, H5Z_FLAGS_LEN, H5generic_FLAGS_LEN, H5generic_haddr_FLAGS_LEN
          IMPLICIT NONE
-         INTEGER i_H5D_flags(H5D_FLAGS_LEN)
-         INTEGER(SIZE_T) i_H5D_size_flags(H5D_SIZE_FLAGS_LEN)
-         INTEGER i_H5E_flags(H5E_FLAGS_LEN)
-         INTEGER(HID_T) i_H5E_hid_flags(H5E_HID_FLAGS_LEN)
-         INTEGER i_H5F_flags(H5F_FLAGS_LEN)
-         INTEGER i_H5G_flags(H5G_FLAGS_LEN)
-         INTEGER i_H5FD_flags(H5FD_FLAGS_LEN)
-         INTEGER(HID_T) i_H5FD_hid_flags(H5FD_HID_FLAGS_LEN)
-         INTEGER i_H5I_flags(H5I_FLAGS_LEN)
-         INTEGER i_H5L_flags(H5L_FLAGS_LEN)
-         INTEGER i_H5O_flags(H5O_FLAGS_LEN)
-         INTEGER(HID_T) i_H5P_flags(H5P_FLAGS_LEN)
-         INTEGER i_H5P_flags_int(H5P_FLAGS_INT_LEN)
-         INTEGER i_H5R_flags(H5R_FLAGS_LEN)
-         INTEGER i_H5S_flags(H5S_FLAGS_LEN)
-         INTEGER(HID_T) i_H5S_hid_flags(H5S_HID_FLAGS_LEN)
-         INTEGER(HSIZE_T) i_H5S_hsize_flags(H5S_HSIZE_FLAGS_LEN)
-         INTEGER i_H5T_flags(H5T_FLAGS_LEN)
-         INTEGER i_H5Z_flags(H5Z_FLAGS_LEN)
-         INTEGER i_H5generic_flags(H5generic_FLAGS_LEN)
-         INTEGER(HADDR_T) i_H5generic_haddr_flags(H5generic_haddr_FLAGS_LEN)
+         INTEGER         , DIMENSION(1:H5D_FLAGS_LEN)             :: i_H5D_flags
+         INTEGER(SIZE_T) , DIMENSION(1:H5D_SIZE_FLAGS_LEN)        :: i_H5D_size_flags
+         INTEGER         , DIMENSION(1:H5E_FLAGS_LEN)             :: i_H5E_flags
+         INTEGER(HID_T)  , DIMENSION(1:H5E_HID_FLAGS_LEN)         :: i_H5E_hid_flags
+         INTEGER         , DIMENSION(1:H5F_FLAGS_LEN)             :: i_H5F_flags
+         INTEGER         , DIMENSION(1:H5G_FLAGS_LEN)             :: i_H5G_flags
+         INTEGER         , DIMENSION(1:H5FD_FLAGS_LEN)            :: i_H5FD_flags
+         INTEGER(HID_T)  , DIMENSION(1:H5FD_HID_FLAGS_LEN)        :: i_H5FD_hid_flags
+         INTEGER         , DIMENSION(1:H5I_FLAGS_LEN)             :: i_H5I_flags
+         INTEGER         , DIMENSION(1:H5L_FLAGS_LEN)             :: i_H5L_flags
+         INTEGER         , DIMENSION(1:H5O_FLAGS_LEN)             :: i_H5O_flags
+         INTEGER(HID_T)  , DIMENSION(1:H5P_FLAGS_LEN)             :: i_H5P_flags
+         INTEGER         , DIMENSION(1:H5P_FLAGS_INT_LEN)         :: i_H5P_flags_int
+         INTEGER         , DIMENSION(1:H5R_FLAGS_LEN)             :: i_H5R_flags
+         INTEGER         , DIMENSION(1:H5S_FLAGS_LEN)             :: i_H5S_flags
+         INTEGER(HID_T)  , DIMENSION(1:H5S_HID_FLAGS_LEN)         :: i_H5S_hid_flags
+         INTEGER(HSIZE_T), DIMENSION(1:H5S_HSIZE_FLAGS_LEN)       :: i_H5S_hsize_flags
+         INTEGER         , DIMENSION(1:H5T_FLAGS_LEN)             :: i_H5T_flags
+         INTEGER         , DIMENSION(1:H5Z_FLAGS_LEN)             :: i_H5Z_flags
+         INTEGER         , DIMENSION(1:H5generic_FLAGS_LEN)       :: i_H5generic_flags
+         INTEGER(HADDR_T), DIMENSION(1:H5generic_haddr_FLAGS_LEN) :: i_H5generic_haddr_flags
        END FUNCTION h5init_flags_c
-    END INTERFACE
-    INTERFACE
+
        INTEGER FUNCTION h5init1_flags_c( i_H5LIB_flags ) &
             BIND(C,NAME='h5init1_flags_c')
          IMPORT :: H5LIB_FLAGS_LEN
          IMPLICIT NONE
-         INTEGER i_H5LIB_flags(H5LIB_FLAGS_LEN)
+         INTEGER, DIMENSION(1:H5LIB_FLAGS_LEN) :: i_H5LIB_flags
        END FUNCTION h5init1_flags_c
+
     END INTERFACE
-    error_1 = h5init_types_c(predef_types, floating_types, integer_types)
-    error_2 = h5init_flags_c(H5D_flags, &
+    
+    error = h5init_types_c(predef_types, floating_types, integer_types)
+
+    H5T_NATIVE_INTEGER_KIND(1:5)  = predef_types(1:5) 
+    H5T_NATIVE_INTEGER            = predef_types(6)
+    H5T_NATIVE_REAL               = predef_types(7)
+    H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE             = predef_types(8) 
+    H5T_NATIVE_CHARACTER          = predef_types(9)
+    H5T_STD_REF_OBJ               = predef_types(10)
+    H5T_STD_REF_DSETREG           = predef_types(11)
+    H5T_NATIVE_REAL_C_FLOAT       = predef_types(12)
+    H5T_NATIVE_REAL_C_DOUBLE      = predef_types(13)
+    H5T_NATIVE_REAL_C_LONG_DOUBLE = predef_types(14)
+    H5T_NATIVE_B8                 = predef_types(15)
+    H5T_NATIVE_B16                = predef_types(16)
+    H5T_NATIVE_B32                = predef_types(17)
+    H5T_NATIVE_B64                = predef_types(18)
+    H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT_128          = predef_types(19)
+    
+    H5T_IEEE_F32BE = floating_types(1)
+    H5T_IEEE_F32LE = floating_types(2)
+    H5T_IEEE_F64BE = floating_types(3)
+    H5T_IEEE_F64LE = floating_types(4) 
+    
+    H5T_STD_I8BE   = integer_types(1)
+    H5T_STD_I8LE   = integer_types(2)
+    H5T_STD_I16BE  = integer_types(3)
+    H5T_STD_I16LE  = integer_types(4)
+    H5T_STD_I32BE  = integer_types(5)
+    H5T_STD_I32LE  = integer_types(6)
+    H5T_STD_I64BE  = integer_types(7)
+    H5T_STD_I64LE  = integer_types(8)
+    H5T_STD_U8BE   = integer_types(9)
+    H5T_STD_U8LE   = integer_types(10)
+    H5T_STD_U16BE  = integer_types(11)
+    H5T_STD_U16LE  = integer_types(12)
+    H5T_STD_U32BE  = integer_types(13)
+    H5T_STD_U32LE  = integer_types(14)
+    H5T_STD_U64BE  = integer_types(15)
+    H5T_STD_U64LE  = integer_types(16)
+    H5T_STRING     = integer_types(17)
+    H5T_STD_B8BE   = integer_types(18)
+    H5T_STD_B8LE   = integer_types(19)
+    H5T_STD_B16BE  = integer_types(20)
+    H5T_STD_B16LE  = integer_types(21)
+    H5T_STD_B32BE  = integer_types(22)
+    H5T_STD_B32LE  = integer_types(23)
+    H5T_STD_B64BE  = integer_types(24)
+    H5T_STD_B64LE  = integer_types(25)
+    H5T_FORTRAN_S1 = integer_types(26)
+    H5T_C_S1       = integer_types(27)
+
+    error = error + h5init_flags_c(H5D_flags, &
          H5D_size_flags, &
          H5E_flags, &
          H5E_hid_flags, &
@@ -169,8 +319,299 @@ CONTAINS
          H5Z_flags, &
          H5generic_flags,&
          H5generic_haddr_flags)
-    error_3 = h5init1_flags_c(H5LIB_flags )
-    error = error_1 + error_2 + error_3
+    !
+    ! H5F flags
+    !
+    H5F_ACC_RDWR_F        = H5F_flags(1)
+    H5F_ACC_RDONLY_F      = H5F_flags(2)
+    H5F_ACC_TRUNC_F       = H5F_flags(3)
+    H5F_ACC_EXCL_F        = H5F_flags(4)
+    H5F_ACC_DEBUG_F       = H5F_flags(5)
+    H5F_SCOPE_LOCAL_F     = H5F_flags(6)
+    H5F_SCOPE_GLOBAL_F    = H5F_flags(7)
+    H5F_CLOSE_DEFAULT_F   = H5F_flags(8)
+    H5F_CLOSE_WEAK_F      = H5F_flags(9)
+    H5F_CLOSE_SEMI_F      = H5F_flags(10)
+    H5F_CLOSE_STRONG_F    = H5F_flags(11)
+    H5F_OBJ_FILE_F        = H5F_flags(12)
+    H5F_OBJ_DATASET_F     = H5F_flags(13)
+    H5F_OBJ_GROUP_F       = H5F_flags(14)
+    H5F_OBJ_DATATYPE_F    = H5F_flags(15)
+    H5F_OBJ_ALL_F         = H5F_flags(16)
+    H5F_LIBVER_EARLIEST_F = H5F_flags(17)
+    H5F_LIBVER_LATEST_F   = H5F_flags(18)
+    H5F_UNLIMITED_F       = H5F_flags(19)
+    !
+    ! H5generic flags
+    !
+    H5_INDEX_UNKNOWN_F   = H5generic_flags(1)
+    H5_INDEX_NAME_F      = H5generic_flags(2)
+    H5_INDEX_CRT_ORDER_F = H5generic_flags(3)
+    H5_INDEX_N_F         = H5generic_flags(4)
+    H5_ITER_UNKNOWN_F    = H5generic_flags(5)
+    H5_ITER_INC_F        = H5generic_flags(6)
+    H5_ITER_DEC_F        = H5generic_flags(7)
+    H5_ITER_NATIVE_F     = H5generic_flags(8)
+    H5_ITER_N_F          = H5generic_flags(9)
+    
+    HADDR_UNDEF_F = H5generic_haddr_flags(1)
+    !
+    ! H5G flags
+    !
+    H5G_UNKNOWN_F                   = H5G_flags(1) 
+    H5G_GROUP_F                     = H5G_flags(2)
+    H5G_DATASET_F                   = H5G_flags(3)
+    H5G_TYPE_F                      = H5G_flags(4)
+    H5G_SAME_LOC_F                  = H5G_flags(5)
+    H5G_LINK_ERROR_F                = H5G_flags(6)
+    H5G_LINK_HARD_F                 = H5G_flags(7)
+    H5G_LINK_SOFT_F                 = H5G_flags(8)
+    H5G_STORAGE_TYPE_UNKNOWN_F      = H5G_flags(9)
+    H5G_STORAGE_TYPE_SYMBOL_TABLE_F = H5G_flags(10)
+    H5G_STORAGE_TYPE_COMPACT_F      = H5G_flags(11)
+    H5G_STORAGE_TYPE_DENSE_F        = H5G_flags(12)
+    !
+    ! H5D flags
+    !
+    H5D_COMPACT_F                  = H5D_flags(1)
+    H5D_CONTIGUOUS_F               = H5D_flags(2)
+    H5D_CHUNKED_F                  = H5D_flags(3)
+    H5D_ALLOC_TIME_ERROR_F         = H5D_flags(4)
+    H5D_ALLOC_TIME_DEFAULT_F       = H5D_flags(5)
+    H5D_ALLOC_TIME_EARLY_F         = H5D_flags(6)
+    H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE_F          = H5D_flags(7)
+    H5D_ALLOC_TIME_INCR_F          = H5D_flags(8)
+    H5D_SPACE_STS_ERROR_F          = H5D_flags(9)
+    H5D_SPACE_STS_NOT_ALLOCATED_F  = H5D_flags(10)
+    H5D_SPACE_STS_PART_ALLOCATED_F = H5D_flags(11)
+    H5D_SPACE_STS_ALLOCATED_F      = H5D_flags(12)
+    H5D_FILL_TIME_ERROR_F          = H5D_flags(13)
+    H5D_FILL_TIME_ALLOC_F          = H5D_flags(14)
+    H5D_FILL_TIME_NEVER_F          = H5D_flags(15)
+    H5D_FILL_VALUE_ERROR_F         = H5D_flags(16)
+    H5D_FILL_VALUE_UNDEFINED_F     = H5D_flags(17)
+    H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT_F       = H5D_flags(18)
+    H5D_FILL_VALUE_USER_DEFINED_F  = H5D_flags(19)
+    H5D_CHUNK_CACHE_W0_DFLT_F      = H5D_flags(20)
+    H5D_MPIO_NO_COLLECTIVE_F       = H5D_flags(21)
+    H5D_MPIO_CHUNK_INDEPENDENT_F   = H5D_flags(22)
+    H5D_MPIO_CHUNK_COLLECTIVE_F    = H5D_flags(23)
+    H5D_MPIO_CHUNK_MIXED_F         = H5D_flags(24)
+    H5D_MPIO_CONTIG_COLLECTIVE_F   = H5D_flags(25)
+    H5D_VDS_ERROR_F                = H5D_flags(26)
+    H5D_VDS_FIRST_MISSING_F        = H5D_flags(27)
+    H5D_VDS_LAST_AVAILABLE_F       = H5D_flags(28)
+    H5D_VIRTUAL_F                  = H5D_flags(29)
+    
+    H5D_CHUNK_CACHE_NSLOTS_DFLT_F = H5D_size_flags(1)
+    H5D_CHUNK_CACHE_NBYTES_DFLT_F = H5D_size_flags(2)
+    !
+    ! H5E flags
+    !
+    H5E_DEFAULT_F = H5E_hid_flags(1)
+
+    H5E_MAJOR_F         = H5E_flags(1)
+    H5E_MINOR_F         = H5E_flags(2) 
+    H5E_WALK_UPWARD_F   = H5E_flags(3)
+    H5E_WALK_DOWNWARD_F = H5E_flags(4)
+    !
+    ! H5FD flags
+    !
+    H5FD_MPIO_INDEPENDENT_F = H5FD_flags(1)
+    H5FD_MPIO_COLLECTIVE_F  = H5FD_flags(2)
+    H5FD_MEM_NOLIST_F       = H5FD_flags(3)
+    H5FD_MEM_DEFAULT_F      = H5FD_flags(4)
+    H5FD_MEM_SUPER_F        = H5FD_flags(5)
+    H5FD_MEM_BTREE_F        = H5FD_flags(6)
+    H5FD_MEM_DRAW_F         = H5FD_flags(7)
+    H5FD_MEM_GHEAP_F        = H5FD_flags(8)
+    H5FD_MEM_LHEAP_F        = H5FD_flags(9)
+    H5FD_MEM_OHDR_F         = H5FD_flags(10)
+    H5FD_MEM_NTYPES_F       = H5FD_flags(11)
+    !
+    ! H5FD file driver flags
+    !    
+    H5FD_CORE_F   = H5FD_hid_flags(1)
+    H5FD_FAMILY_F = H5FD_hid_flags(2)
+    H5FD_LOG_F    = H5FD_hid_flags(3)
+    H5FD_MPIO_F   = H5FD_hid_flags(4)
+    H5FD_MULTI_F  = H5FD_hid_flags(5)
+    H5FD_SEC2_F   = H5FD_hid_flags(6)
+    H5FD_STDIO_F  = H5FD_hid_flags(7)
+    !
+    ! H5I flags declaration
+    !
+    H5I_FILE_F      = H5I_flags(1)
+    H5I_GROUP_F     = H5I_flags(2)
+    H5I_DATATYPE_F  = H5I_flags(3)
+    H5I_DATASPACE_F = H5I_flags(4)
+    H5I_DATASET_F   = H5I_flags(5)
+    H5I_ATTR_F      = H5I_flags(6)
+    H5I_BADID_F     = H5I_flags(7)
+    !
+    ! H5L flags
+    !    
+    H5L_TYPE_ERROR_F        = H5L_flags(1)
+    H5L_TYPE_HARD_F         = H5L_flags(2)
+    H5L_TYPE_SOFT_F         = H5L_flags(3)
+    H5L_TYPE_EXTERNAL_F     = H5L_flags(4)
+    H5L_SAME_LOC_F          = H5L_flags(5)
+    H5L_LINK_CLASS_T_VERS_F = H5L_flags(6)
+    !
+    ! H5O flags
+    !
+    H5O_COPY_SHALLOW_HIERARCHY_F   = h5o_flags(1)
+    H5O_COPY_EXPAND_SOFT_LINK_F    = h5o_flags(2)
+    H5O_COPY_EXPAND_EXT_LINK_F     = h5o_flags(3)
+    H5O_COPY_EXPAND_REFERENCE_F    = h5o_flags(4)
+    H5O_COPY_WITHOUT_ATTR_FLAG_F   = h5o_flags(5)
+    H5O_COPY_PRESERVE_NULL_FLAG_F  = h5o_flags(6)
+    H5O_COPY_ALL_F                 = h5o_flags(7)
+    H5O_SHMESG_NONE_FLAG_F         = h5o_flags(8) 
+    H5O_SHMESG_SDSPACE_FLAG_F      = h5o_flags(9)
+    H5O_SHMESG_DTYPE_FLAG_F        = h5o_flags(10)
+    H5O_SHMESG_FILL_FLAG_F         = h5o_flags(11) 
+    H5O_SHMESG_PLINE_FLAG_F        = h5o_flags(12) 
+    H5O_SHMESG_ATTR_FLAG_F         = h5o_flags(13) 
+    H5O_SHMESG_ALL_FLAG_F          = h5o_flags(14) 
+    H5O_HDR_CHUNK0_SIZE_F          = h5o_flags(15) 
+    H5O_HDR_ATTR_CRT_ORDER_TRACK_F = h5o_flags(16) 
+    H5O_HDR_ATTR_CRT_ORDER_INDEX_F = h5o_flags(17) 
+    H5O_HDR_ATTR_STORE_PHASE_CHA_F = h5o_flags(18) 
+    H5O_HDR_STORE_TIMES_F          = h5o_flags(19) 
+    H5O_HDR_ALL_FLAGS_F            = h5o_flags(20)
+    H5O_SHMESG_MAX_NINDEXES_F      = h5o_flags(21) 
+    H5O_SHMESG_MAX_LIST_SIZE_F     = h5o_flags(22) 
+    H5O_TYPE_UNKNOWN_F             = h5o_flags(23) 
+    H5O_TYPE_GROUP_F               = h5o_flags(24) 
+    H5O_TYPE_DATASET_F             = h5o_flags(25) 
+    H5O_TYPE_NAMED_DATATYPE_F      = h5o_flags(26) 
+    H5O_TYPE_NTYPES_F              = h5o_flags(27) 
+    !
+    ! H5P flags
+    !    
+    H5P_FILE_CREATE_F      = H5P_flags(1)
+    H5P_FILE_ACCESS_F      = H5P_flags(2)
+    H5P_DATASET_CREATE_F   = H5P_flags(3)
+    H5P_DATASET_XFER_F     = H5P_flags(4)
+    H5P_FILE_MOUNT_F       = H5P_flags(5)
+    H5P_DEFAULT_F          = H5P_flags(6)
+    H5P_ROOT_F             = H5P_flags(7)
+    H5P_OBJECT_CREATE_F    = H5P_flags(8)
+    H5P_DATASET_ACCESS_F   = H5P_flags(9)
+    H5P_GROUP_CREATE_F     = H5P_flags(10)
+    H5P_GROUP_ACCESS_F     = H5P_flags(11)
+    H5P_DATATYPE_CREATE_F  = H5P_flags(12)
+    H5P_DATATYPE_ACCESS_F  = H5P_flags(13)
+    H5P_STRING_CREATE_F    = H5P_flags(14)
+    H5P_ATTRIBUTE_CREATE_F = H5P_flags(15)
+    H5P_OBJECT_COPY_F      = H5P_flags(16)
+    H5P_LINK_CREATE_F      = H5P_flags(17)
+    H5P_LINK_ACCESS_F      = H5P_flags(18)
+    !
+    ! H5P integers flags
+    !    
+    H5P_CRT_ORDER_INDEXED_F = H5P_flags_int(1)
+    H5P_CRT_ORDER_TRACKED_F = H5P_flags_int(2)
+    !
+    ! H5R flags
+    !    
+    H5R_OBJECT_F         = H5R_flags(1)
+    H5R_DATASET_REGION_F = H5R_flags(2)
+    !
+    ! H5S flags
+    !    
+    H5S_ALL_F = H5S_hid_flags(1)
+    
+    H5S_UNLIMITED_F = H5S_hsize_flags(1)
+    
+    H5S_SCALAR_F         = H5S_flags(1)
+    H5S_SIMPLE_F         = H5S_flags(2)
+    H5S_NULL_F           = H5S_flags(3)
+    H5S_SELECT_SET_F     = H5S_flags(4)
+    H5S_SELECT_OR_F      = H5S_flags(5)
+    H5S_SELECT_NOOP_F    = H5S_flags(6)
+    H5S_SELECT_AND_F     = H5S_flags(7)
+    H5S_SELECT_XOR_F     = H5S_flags(8)
+    H5S_SELECT_NOTB_F    = H5S_flags(9)
+    H5S_SELECT_NOTA_F    = H5S_flags(10)
+    H5S_SELECT_APPEND_F  = H5S_flags(11)
+    H5S_SELECT_PREPEND_F = H5S_flags(12)
+    H5S_SELECT_INVALID_F = H5S_flags(13)
+    H5S_SEL_ERROR_F      = H5S_flags(14)
+    H5S_SEL_NONE_F       = H5S_flags(15)
+    H5S_SEL_POINTS_F     = H5S_flags(16)
+    H5S_SEL_HYPERSLABS_F = H5S_flags(17)
+    H5S_SEL_ALL_F        = H5S_flags(18)
+    !
+    ! H5T flags declaration
+    !    
+    H5T_NO_CLASS_F       = H5T_flags(1)
+    H5T_INTEGER_F        = H5T_flags(2)
+    H5T_FLOAT_F          = H5T_flags(3)
+    H5T_TIME_F           = H5T_flags(4)
+    H5T_STRING_F         = H5T_flags(5)
+    H5T_BITFIELD_F       = H5T_flags(6)
+    H5T_OPAQUE_F         = H5T_flags(7)
+    H5T_COMPOUND_F       = H5T_flags(8)
+    H5T_REFERENCE_F      = H5T_flags(9)
+    H5T_ENUM_F           = H5T_flags(10)
+    H5T_ORDER_LE_F       = H5T_flags(11)
+    H5T_ORDER_BE_F       = H5T_flags(12)
+    H5T_ORDER_MIXED_F    = H5T_flags(13)
+    H5T_ORDER_VAX_F      = H5T_flags(14)
+    H5T_ORDER_NONE_F     = H5T_flags(15)
+    H5T_PAD_ZERO_F       = H5T_flags(16)
+    H5T_PAD_ONE_F        = H5T_flags(17)
+    H5T_PAD_BACKGROUND_F = H5T_flags(18)
+    H5T_PAD_ERROR_F      = H5T_flags(19)
+    H5T_SGN_NONE_F       = H5T_flags(20)
+    H5T_SGN_2_F          = H5T_flags(21)
+    H5T_SGN_ERROR_F      = H5T_flags(22)
+    H5T_NORM_IMPLIED_F   = H5T_flags(23)
+    H5T_NORM_MSBSET_F    = H5T_flags(24)
+    H5T_NORM_NONE_F      = H5T_flags(25)
+    H5T_CSET_ASCII_F     = H5T_flags(26)
+    H5T_CSET_UTF8_F      = H5T_flags(27)
+    H5T_STR_NULLTERM_F   = H5T_flags(28)
+    H5T_STR_NULLPAD_F    = H5T_flags(29)
+    H5T_STR_SPACEPAD_F   = H5T_flags(30)
+    H5T_STR_ERROR_F      = H5T_flags(31)
+    H5T_VLEN_F           = H5T_flags(32)
+    H5T_ARRAY_F          = H5T_flags(33)
+    H5T_DIR_ASCEND_F     = H5T_flags(34)
+    H5T_DIR_DESCEND_F    = H5T_flags(35)
+    !
+    ! H5Z flags
+    !
+    H5Z_FILTER_ERROR_F           = H5Z_flags(1)
+    H5Z_FILTER_NONE_F            = H5Z_flags(2)
+    H5Z_FILTER_DEFLATE_F         = H5Z_flags(3)
+    H5Z_FILTER_SHUFFLE_F         = H5Z_flags(4)
+    H5Z_FILTER_FLETCHER32_F      = H5Z_flags(5)
+    H5Z_ERROR_EDC_F              = H5Z_flags(6)
+    H5Z_DISABLE_EDC_F            = H5Z_flags(7)
+    H5Z_ENABLE_EDC_F             = H5Z_flags(8)
+    H5Z_NO_EDC_F                 = H5Z_flags(9)
+    H5Z_FILTER_SZIP_F            = H5Z_flags(10)
+    H5Z_FLAG_OPTIONAL_F          = H5Z_flags(11)
+    H5Z_FILTER_ENCODE_ENABLED_F  = H5Z_flags(12)
+    H5Z_FILTER_DECODE_ENABLED_F  = H5Z_flags(13)
+    H5Z_FILTER_ALL_F             = H5Z_flags(14)
+    H5Z_FILTER_NBIT_F            = H5Z_flags(15)
+    H5Z_FILTER_SCALEOFFSET_F     = H5Z_flags(16)
+    H5Z_SO_FLOAT_DSCALE_F        = H5Z_flags(17)
+    H5Z_SO_FLOAT_ESCALE_F        = H5Z_flags(18)
+    H5Z_SO_INT_F                 = H5Z_flags(19)
+    H5Z_SO_INT_MINBITS_DEFAULT_F = H5Z_flags(20)
+
+    error = error + h5init1_flags_c(H5LIB_flags)
+    !
+    ! H5 Library flags
+    !
+    H5_SZIP_EC_OM_F = H5LIB_flags(1)
+    H5_SZIP_NN_OM_F = H5LIB_flags(2)
+
   END SUBROUTINE h5open_f
 
 !****s* H5LIB/h5close_f
@@ -201,25 +642,23 @@ CONTAINS
     IMPLICIT NONE
     INTEGER, INTENT(OUT) :: error
 !*****
-    INTEGER :: error_1
     INTERFACE
        INTEGER FUNCTION h5close_types_c(p_types, P_TYPES_LEN, &
             f_types, F_TYPES_LEN, &
             i_types, I_TYPES_LEN ) &
             BIND(C,NAME='h5close_types_c')
          IMPORT :: HID_T
-         INTEGER P_TYPES_LEN
-         INTEGER F_TYPES_LEN
-         INTEGER I_TYPES_LEN
-         INTEGER(HID_T), DIMENSION(P_TYPES_LEN) :: p_types
-         INTEGER(HID_T), DIMENSION(F_TYPES_LEN) :: f_types
-         INTEGER(HID_T), DIMENSION(I_TYPES_LEN) :: i_types
+         INTEGER :: P_TYPES_LEN
+         INTEGER :: F_TYPES_LEN
+         INTEGER :: I_TYPES_LEN
+         INTEGER(HID_T), DIMENSION(1:P_TYPES_LEN) :: p_types
+         INTEGER(HID_T), DIMENSION(1:F_TYPES_LEN) :: f_types
+         INTEGER(HID_T), DIMENSION(1:I_TYPES_LEN) :: i_types
        END FUNCTION h5close_types_c
     END INTERFACE
-    error_1 = h5close_types_c(predef_types, PREDEF_TYPES_LEN, &
+    error = h5close_types_c(predef_types, PREDEF_TYPES_LEN, &
          floating_types, FLOATING_TYPES_LEN, &
          integer_types, INTEGER_TYPES_LEN )
-    error = error_1
 
   END SUBROUTINE h5close_f
 
diff --git a/fortran/src/H5f90global.F90 b/fortran/src/H5f90global.F90
index 629418a..d4a9008 100644
--- a/fortran/src/H5f90global.F90
+++ b/fortran/src/H5f90global.F90
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ MODULE H5GLOBAL
   END ENUM
   INTEGER, PARAMETER :: ENUM_T = KIND(enum_dtype)
   
-
   ! Definitions for reference datatypes.
   ! If you change the value of these parameters, do not forget to change corresponding
   ! values in the H5f90.h file.
@@ -71,9 +70,9 @@ MODULE H5GLOBAL
      INTEGER, DIMENSION(1:REF_REG_BUF_LEN) :: ref
   END TYPE hdset_reg_ref_t_f
 
-  INTEGER, PARAMETER :: PREDEF_TYPES_LEN = 19 ! Do not forget to change this
-                                              ! value when new predefined
-                                              ! datatypes are added
+  ! Do not forget to change this value when new predefined
+  ! datatypes are added
+  INTEGER, PARAMETER :: PREDEF_TYPES_LEN = 19
 
   ! Do not forget to change the following line when new predefined
   ! floating data types are added
@@ -83,32 +82,56 @@ MODULE H5GLOBAL
   ! integer data types are added
   INTEGER, PARAMETER :: INTEGER_TYPES_LEN = 27
 
-  INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5T_NATIVE_REAL_C_FLOAT, &
-       H5T_NATIVE_REAL_C_DOUBLE, &
-       H5T_NATIVE_REAL_C_LONG_DOUBLE, &
-       H5T_NATIVE_INTEGER, &
-       H5T_NATIVE_REAL, &
-       H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE, &
-       H5T_NATIVE_CHARACTER , &
-       H5T_STD_REF_OBJ,      &
-       H5T_STD_REF_DSETREG, &
-       H5T_IEEE_F32BE,  &
-       H5T_IEEE_F32LE,  &
-       H5T_IEEE_F64BE,  &
-       H5T_IEEE_F64LE,  &
-       H5T_STD_I8BE,    &
-       H5T_STD_I8LE,    &
-       H5T_STD_I16BE,   &
-       H5T_STD_I16LE,   &
-       H5T_STD_I32BE,   &
-       H5T_STD_I32LE,   &
-       H5T_STD_I64BE,   &
-       H5T_STD_I64LE,   &
-       H5T_STD_U8BE,    &
-       H5T_STD_U8LE,    &
-       H5T_STD_U16BE,   &
-       H5T_STD_U16LE,   &
-       H5T_STD_U32BE
+  ! These arrays need to be global because they are used in 
+  ! both h5open_f and in h5close_f
+  INTEGER(HID_T), DIMENSION(1:PREDEF_TYPES_LEN)   :: predef_types = -1
+  INTEGER(HID_T), DIMENSION(1:FLOATING_TYPES_LEN) :: floating_types = -1
+  INTEGER(HID_T), DIMENSION(1:INTEGER_TYPES_LEN)  :: integer_types = -1
+  !
+  INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5T_NATIVE_REAL_C_FLOAT
+  INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5T_NATIVE_REAL_C_DOUBLE
+  INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5T_NATIVE_REAL_C_LONG_DOUBLE
+  INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5T_NATIVE_INTEGER
+  INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5T_NATIVE_REAL
+  INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE
+  INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5T_NATIVE_CHARACTER 
+  INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5T_STD_REF_OBJ
+  INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5T_STD_REF_DSETREG
+  INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5T_IEEE_F32BE
+  INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5T_IEEE_F32LE
+  INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5T_IEEE_F64BE
+  INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5T_IEEE_F64LE
+  INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5T_STD_I8BE
+  INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5T_STD_I8LE
+  INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5T_STD_I16BE
+  INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5T_STD_I16LE
+  INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5T_STD_I32BE
+  INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5T_STD_I32LE
+  INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5T_STD_I64BE
+  INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5T_STD_I64LE
+  INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5T_STD_U8BE
+  INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5T_STD_U8LE
+  INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5T_STD_U16BE
+  INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5T_STD_U16LE
+  INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5T_STD_U32BE
+  INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5T_STD_U32LE
+  INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5T_STD_U64BE
+  INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5T_STD_U64LE
+  INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5T_STRING
+  INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5T_STD_B8BE
+  INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5T_STD_B8LE
+  INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5T_STD_B16BE
+  INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5T_STD_B16LE
+  INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5T_STD_B32BE
+  INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5T_STD_B32LE
+  INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5T_STD_B64BE
+  INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5T_STD_B64LE
+  INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5T_NATIVE_B8
+  INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5T_NATIVE_B16
+  INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5T_NATIVE_B32
+  INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5T_NATIVE_B64
+  INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5T_FORTRAN_S1
+  INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5T_C_S1
 
   INTEGER, PARAMETER :: NUM_NATIVE_INTEGER_KIND = 5
   ! INTEGER*1, INTEGER*2, INTEGER*4, INTEGER*8, INTEGER*16
@@ -116,139 +139,22 @@ MODULE H5GLOBAL
 
   INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT_128 ! NEED IFDEF -MSB-
 
-! NOTE: Splitting the line since the Fortran 95 standard limits the number of 
-!       continuation lines to 39; the F03/F08 standard limits the number 
-!       to 255 lines.
-
-  INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5T_STD_U32LE,   &
-       H5T_STD_U64BE,   &
-       H5T_STD_U64LE,   &
-       H5T_STRING,      &
-       H5T_STD_B8BE,    &
-       H5T_STD_B8LE,    &
-       H5T_STD_B16BE,   &
-       H5T_STD_B16LE,   &
-       H5T_STD_B32BE,   &
-       H5T_STD_B32LE,   &
-       H5T_STD_B64BE,   &
-       H5T_STD_B64LE,   &
-       H5T_NATIVE_B8,   &
-       H5T_NATIVE_B16,  &
-       H5T_NATIVE_B32,  &
-       H5T_NATIVE_B64,  &
-       H5T_FORTRAN_S1,  &
-       H5T_C_S1
-
-
-  INTEGER(HID_T), DIMENSION(PREDEF_TYPES_LEN) :: predef_types
-  EQUIVALENCE (predef_types(1), H5T_NATIVE_INTEGER_KIND(1))
-  ! EQUIVALENCE predef_types(2:5) are unnecessary and violate the standard
-  EQUIVALENCE (predef_types(6), H5T_NATIVE_INTEGER)
-  EQUIVALENCE (predef_types(7), H5T_NATIVE_REAL)
-  EQUIVALENCE (predef_types(8), H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE)
-  EQUIVALENCE (predef_types(9), H5T_NATIVE_CHARACTER)
-  EQUIVALENCE (predef_types(10), H5T_STD_REF_OBJ)
-  EQUIVALENCE (predef_types(11), H5T_STD_REF_DSETREG)
-  EQUIVALENCE (predef_types(12), H5T_NATIVE_REAL_C_FLOAT)
-  EQUIVALENCE (predef_types(13), H5T_NATIVE_REAL_C_DOUBLE)
-  EQUIVALENCE (predef_types(14), H5T_NATIVE_REAL_C_LONG_DOUBLE)
-  EQUIVALENCE (predef_types(15), H5T_NATIVE_B8 )
-  EQUIVALENCE (predef_types(16), H5T_NATIVE_B16)
-  EQUIVALENCE (predef_types(17), H5T_NATIVE_B32)
-  EQUIVALENCE (predef_types(18), H5T_NATIVE_B64)
-  EQUIVALENCE (predef_types(19), H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT_128)   ! ADDED NEW TYPE -MSB-
-
-  INTEGER(HID_T), DIMENSION(FLOATING_TYPES_LEN) :: floating_types
-  EQUIVALENCE (floating_types(1), H5T_IEEE_F32BE )
-  EQUIVALENCE (floating_types(2), H5T_IEEE_F32LE)
-  EQUIVALENCE (floating_types(3), H5T_IEEE_F64BE)
-  EQUIVALENCE (floating_types(4), H5T_IEEE_F64LE)
-
-  INTEGER(HID_T), DIMENSION(INTEGER_TYPES_LEN) :: integer_types
-  EQUIVALENCE (integer_types(1), H5T_STD_I8BE )
-  EQUIVALENCE (integer_types(2), H5T_STD_I8LE)
-  EQUIVALENCE (integer_types(3), H5T_STD_I16BE)
-  EQUIVALENCE (integer_types(4), H5T_STD_I16LE)
-  EQUIVALENCE (integer_types(5), H5T_STD_I32BE)
-  EQUIVALENCE (integer_types(6), H5T_STD_I32LE)
-  EQUIVALENCE (integer_types(7), H5T_STD_I64BE)
-  EQUIVALENCE (integer_types(8), H5T_STD_I64LE)
-  EQUIVALENCE (integer_types(9), H5T_STD_U8BE)
-  EQUIVALENCE (integer_types(10), H5T_STD_U8LE)
-  EQUIVALENCE (integer_types(11), H5T_STD_U16BE)
-  EQUIVALENCE (integer_types(12), H5T_STD_U16LE)
-  EQUIVALENCE (integer_types(13), H5T_STD_U32BE)
-  EQUIVALENCE (integer_types(14), H5T_STD_U32LE)
-  EQUIVALENCE (integer_types(15), H5T_STD_U64BE)
-  EQUIVALENCE (integer_types(16), H5T_STD_U64LE)
-  EQUIVALENCE (integer_types(17), H5T_STRING)
-  EQUIVALENCE (integer_types(18), H5T_STD_B8BE)
-  EQUIVALENCE (integer_types(19), H5T_STD_B8LE)
-  EQUIVALENCE (integer_types(20), H5T_STD_B16BE)
-  EQUIVALENCE (integer_types(21), H5T_STD_B16LE)
-  EQUIVALENCE (integer_types(22), H5T_STD_B32BE)
-  EQUIVALENCE (integer_types(23), H5T_STD_B32LE)
-  EQUIVALENCE (integer_types(24), H5T_STD_B64BE)
-  EQUIVALENCE (integer_types(25), H5T_STD_B64LE)
-  EQUIVALENCE (integer_types(26), H5T_FORTRAN_S1)
-  EQUIVALENCE (integer_types(27), H5T_C_S1)
-
-
-  !      COMMON /PREDEFINED_TYPES/ H5T_NATIVE_INTEGER, &
-  !                                H5T_NATIVE_REAL, &
-  !                                H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE, &
-  !                                H5T_NATIVE_CHARACTER, &
-  !                                H5T_STD_REF_OBJ, &
-  !                                H5T_STD_REF_DSETREG
-  !DEC$if defined(BUILD_HDF5_DLL)
-  !DEC$ATTRIBUTES DLLEXPORT :: /PREDEFINED_TYPES/
-  !DEC$endif
-  COMMON /PREDEFINED_TYPES/  predef_types
-
-  !      COMMON /FLOATING_TYPES/ H5T_IEEE_F32BE,  &
-  !                              H5T_IEEE_F32LE,  &
-  !                              H5T_IEEE_F64BE,  &
-  !                              H5T_IEEE_F64LE
-  !DEC$if defined(BUILD_HDF5_DLL)
-  !DEC$ATTRIBUTES DLLEXPORT :: /FLOATING_TYPES/
-  !DEC$endif
-  COMMON /FLOATING_TYPES/ floating_types
-  !
-  !      COMMON /INTEGER_TYPES/ H5T_STD_I8BE,  &
-  !                             H5T_STD_I8LE,    &
-  !                             H5T_STD_I16BE,   &
-  !                             H5T_STD_I16LE,   &
-  !                             H5T_STD_I32BE,   &
-  !                             H5T_STD_I32LE,   &
-  !                             H5T_STD_I64BE,   &
-  !                             H5T_STD_I64LE,   &
-  !                             H5T_STD_U8BE,    &
-  !                             H5T_STD_U8LE,    &
-  !                             H5T_STD_U16BE,   &
-  !                             H5T_STD_U16LE,   &
-  !                             H5T_STD_U32BE,   &
-  !                             H5T_STD_U32LE,   &
-  !                             H5T_STD_U64BE,   &
-  !                             H5T_STD_U64LE
-  !DEC$if defined(BUILD_HDF5_DLL)
-  !DEC$ATTRIBUTES DLLEXPORT :: /INTEGER_TYPES/
-  !DEC$endif
-  COMMON /INTEGER_TYPES/ integer_types
-  !
-  ! Fortran flags
-  !
+  ! H5generic flags declaration
   !
-  ! H5F flags (DO NOT FORGET TO UPDATE WHEN NEW FLAGS ARE ADDED !)
+  INTEGER :: H5_INDEX_UNKNOWN_F
+  INTEGER :: H5_INDEX_NAME_F
+  INTEGER :: H5_INDEX_CRT_ORDER_F
+  INTEGER :: H5_INDEX_N_F
+  INTEGER :: H5_ITER_UNKNOWN_F
+  INTEGER :: H5_ITER_INC_F
+  INTEGER :: H5_ITER_DEC_F
+  INTEGER :: H5_ITER_NATIVE_F
+  INTEGER :: H5_ITER_N_F
+
+  INTEGER(HADDR_T) :: HADDR_UNDEF_F
   !
   ! H5F flags declaration
   !
-  INTEGER, PARAMETER :: H5F_FLAGS_LEN = 19
-  INTEGER :: H5F_flags(H5F_FLAGS_LEN)
-  !DEC$if defined(BUILD_HDF5_DLL)
-  !DEC$ATTRIBUTES DLLEXPORT :: /H5F_FLAGS/
-  !DEC$endif
-  COMMON /H5F_FLAGS/ H5F_flags
-
   INTEGER :: H5F_ACC_RDWR_F
   INTEGER :: H5F_ACC_RDONLY_F
   INTEGER :: H5F_ACC_TRUNC_F
@@ -268,77 +174,9 @@ MODULE H5GLOBAL
   INTEGER :: H5F_LIBVER_EARLIEST_F
   INTEGER :: H5F_LIBVER_LATEST_F
   INTEGER :: H5F_UNLIMITED_F
-
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5F_flags(1), H5F_ACC_RDWR_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5F_flags(2), H5F_ACC_RDONLY_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5F_flags(3), H5F_ACC_TRUNC_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5F_flags(4), H5F_ACC_EXCL_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5F_flags(5), H5F_ACC_DEBUG_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5F_flags(6), H5F_SCOPE_LOCAL_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5F_flags(7), H5F_SCOPE_GLOBAL_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5F_flags(8), H5F_CLOSE_DEFAULT_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5F_flags(9), H5F_CLOSE_WEAK_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5F_flags(10), H5F_CLOSE_SEMI_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5F_flags(11), H5F_CLOSE_STRONG_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5F_flags(12), H5F_OBJ_FILE_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5F_flags(13), H5F_OBJ_DATASET_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5F_flags(14), H5F_OBJ_GROUP_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5F_flags(15), H5F_OBJ_DATATYPE_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5F_flags(16), H5F_OBJ_ALL_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5F_flags(17), H5F_LIBVER_EARLIEST_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5F_flags(18), H5F_LIBVER_LATEST_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5F_flags(19), H5F_UNLIMITED_F)
-  !
-  ! H5generic flags declaration
-  !
-  INTEGER, PARAMETER :: H5generic_FLAGS_LEN = 9
-  INTEGER :: H5generic_flags(H5generic_FLAGS_LEN)
-  !DEC$if defined(BUILD_HDF5_DLL)
-  !DEC$ATTRIBUTES DLLEXPORT :: /H5generic_FLAGS/
-  !DEC$endif
-  COMMON /H5generic_FLAGS/ H5generic_flags
-
-  INTEGER :: H5_INDEX_UNKNOWN_F
-  INTEGER :: H5_INDEX_NAME_F
-  INTEGER :: H5_INDEX_CRT_ORDER_F
-  INTEGER :: H5_INDEX_N_F
-  INTEGER :: H5_ITER_UNKNOWN_F
-  INTEGER :: H5_ITER_INC_F
-  INTEGER :: H5_ITER_DEC_F
-  INTEGER :: H5_ITER_NATIVE_F
-  INTEGER :: H5_ITER_N_F
-
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5generic_flags(1), H5_INDEX_UNKNOWN_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5generic_flags(2), H5_INDEX_NAME_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5generic_flags(3), H5_INDEX_CRT_ORDER_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5generic_flags(4), H5_INDEX_N_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5generic_flags(5), H5_ITER_UNKNOWN_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5generic_flags(6), H5_ITER_INC_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5generic_flags(7), H5_ITER_DEC_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5generic_flags(8), H5_ITER_NATIVE_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5generic_flags(9), H5_ITER_N_F)
-
-  INTEGER, PARAMETER :: H5generic_haddr_FLAGS_LEN = 1
-  INTEGER(HADDR_T) :: H5generic_haddr_flags(H5generic_haddr_FLAGS_LEN)
-  !DEC$if defined(BUILD_HDF5_DLL)
-  !DEC$ATTRIBUTES DLLEXPORT :: /H5generic_haddr_FLAGS/
-  !DEC$endif
-  COMMON /H5generic_haddr_FLAGS/ H5generic_haddr_flags
-
-  INTEGER(HADDR_T) :: HADDR_UNDEF_F
-
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5generic_haddr_flags(1), HADDR_UNDEF_F)
-
   !
   ! H5G flags declaration
   !
-  INTEGER, PARAMETER :: H5G_FLAGS_LEN = 12
-  INTEGER :: H5G_flags(H5G_FLAGS_LEN)
-  !DEC$if defined(BUILD_HDF5_DLL)
-  !DEC$ATTRIBUTES DLLEXPORT :: /H5G_FLAGS/
-  !DEC$endif
-  COMMON /H5G_FLAGS/ H5G_flags
-
   INTEGER :: H5G_UNKNOWN_F
   INTEGER :: H5G_GROUP_F
   INTEGER :: H5G_DATASET_F
@@ -353,35 +191,9 @@ MODULE H5GLOBAL
   INTEGER :: H5G_STORAGE_TYPE_SYMBOL_TABLE_F
   INTEGER :: H5G_STORAGE_TYPE_COMPACT_F
   INTEGER :: H5G_STORAGE_TYPE_DENSE_F
-
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5G_flags(1), H5G_UNKNOWN_F) ! Unknown object type
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5G_flags(2), H5G_GROUP_F)   ! Object is a group
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5G_flags(3), H5G_DATASET_F) ! Object is a dataset
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5G_flags(4), H5G_TYPE_F)    ! Object is a named data type
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5G_flags(5), H5G_SAME_LOC_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5G_flags(6), H5G_LINK_ERROR_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5G_flags(7), H5G_LINK_HARD_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5G_flags(8), H5G_LINK_SOFT_F)
-
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5G_flags(9), H5G_STORAGE_TYPE_UNKNOWN_F )
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5G_flags(10), H5G_STORAGE_TYPE_SYMBOL_TABLE_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5G_flags(11), H5G_STORAGE_TYPE_COMPACT_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5G_flags(12), H5G_STORAGE_TYPE_DENSE_F)
-
   !
   ! H5D flags declaration
   !
-  INTEGER, PARAMETER :: H5D_FLAGS_LEN = 29
-  INTEGER :: H5D_flags(H5D_FLAGS_LEN)
-  INTEGER, PARAMETER :: H5D_SIZE_FLAGS_LEN = 2
-  INTEGER(SIZE_T) :: H5D_size_flags(H5D_SIZE_FLAGS_LEN)
-  !DEC$if defined(BUILD_HDF5_DLL)
-  !DEC$ATTRIBUTES DLLEXPORT :: /H5D_FLAGS/
-  !DEC$ATTRIBUTES DLLEXPORT :: /H5D_SIZE_FLAGS/
-  !DEC$endif
-  COMMON /H5D_FLAGS/ H5D_flags
-  COMMON /H5D_SIZE_FLAGS/ H5D_size_flags
-
   INTEGER :: H5D_COMPACT_F
   INTEGER :: H5D_CONTIGUOUS_F
   INTEGER :: H5D_CHUNKED_F
@@ -413,6 +225,7 @@ MODULE H5GLOBAL
 
   INTEGER(SIZE_T) :: H5D_CHUNK_CACHE_NSLOTS_DFLT_F
   INTEGER(SIZE_T) :: H5D_CHUNK_CACHE_NBYTES_DFLT_F
+
   INTEGER :: H5D_CHUNK_CACHE_W0_DFLT_F
   INTEGER :: H5D_MPIO_NO_COLLECTIVE_F
   INTEGER :: H5D_MPIO_CHUNK_INDEPENDENT_F
@@ -423,81 +236,17 @@ MODULE H5GLOBAL
   INTEGER :: H5D_VDS_FIRST_MISSING_F
   INTEGER :: H5D_VDS_LAST_AVAILABLE_F
   INTEGER :: H5D_VIRTUAL_F
-
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5D_flags(1), H5D_COMPACT_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5D_flags(2), H5D_CONTIGUOUS_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5D_flags(3), H5D_CHUNKED_F)
-
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5D_flags(4), H5D_ALLOC_TIME_ERROR_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5D_flags(5), H5D_ALLOC_TIME_DEFAULT_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5D_flags(6), H5D_ALLOC_TIME_EARLY_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5D_flags(7), H5D_ALLOC_TIME_LATE_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5D_flags(8), H5D_ALLOC_TIME_INCR_F)
-
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5D_flags(9), H5D_SPACE_STS_ERROR_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5D_flags(10), H5D_SPACE_STS_NOT_ALLOCATED_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5D_flags(11), H5D_SPACE_STS_PART_ALLOCATED_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5D_flags(12), H5D_SPACE_STS_ALLOCATED_F)
-
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5D_flags(13), H5D_FILL_TIME_ERROR_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5D_flags(14), H5D_FILL_TIME_ALLOC_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5D_flags(15), H5D_FILL_TIME_NEVER_F)
-
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5D_flags(16), H5D_FILL_VALUE_ERROR_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5D_flags(17), H5D_FILL_VALUE_UNDEFINED_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5D_flags(18), H5D_FILL_VALUE_DEFAULT_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5D_flags(19), H5D_FILL_VALUE_USER_DEFINED_F)
-
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5D_flags(20), H5D_CHUNK_CACHE_W0_DFLT_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5D_flags(21), H5D_MPIO_NO_COLLECTIVE_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5D_flags(22), H5D_MPIO_CHUNK_INDEPENDENT_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5D_flags(23), H5D_MPIO_CHUNK_COLLECTIVE_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5D_flags(24), H5D_MPIO_CHUNK_MIXED_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5D_flags(25), H5D_MPIO_CONTIG_COLLECTIVE_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5D_flags(26), H5D_VDS_ERROR_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5D_flags(27), H5D_VDS_FIRST_MISSING_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5D_flags(28), H5D_VDS_LAST_AVAILABLE_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5D_flags(29), H5D_VIRTUAL_F)
-
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5D_size_flags(1), H5D_CHUNK_CACHE_NSLOTS_DFLT_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5D_size_flags(2), H5D_CHUNK_CACHE_NBYTES_DFLT_F)
-
   !
   ! H5E flags declaration
   !
-  INTEGER, PARAMETER :: H5E_FLAGS_LEN = 4
-  INTEGER :: H5E_flags(H5E_FLAGS_LEN)
-  INTEGER, PARAMETER :: H5E_HID_FLAGS_LEN = 1
-  INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5E_hid_flags(H5E_HID_FLAGS_LEN)
-  !DEC$if defined(BUILD_HDF5_DLL)
-  !DEC$ATTRIBUTES DLLEXPORT :: /H5E_FLAGS/
-  !DEC$ATTRIBUTES DLLEXPORT :: /H5E_HID_FLAGS/
-  !DEC$endif
-  COMMON /H5E_FLAGS/ H5E_flags
-  COMMON /H5E_HID_FLAGS/ H5E_hid_flags
-
   INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5E_DEFAULT_F
   INTEGER :: H5E_MAJOR_F
   INTEGER :: H5E_MINOR_F
   INTEGER :: H5E_WALK_UPWARD_F
   INTEGER :: H5E_WALK_DOWNWARD_F
-
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5E_hid_flags(1), H5E_DEFAULT_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5E_flags(1)    , H5E_MAJOR_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5E_flags(2)    , H5E_MINOR_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5E_flags(3)    , H5E_WALK_UPWARD_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5E_flags(4)    , H5E_WALK_DOWNWARD_F)
-
   !
-  ! H5FD flags declaration
+  ! H5FD file drivers flags declaration
   !
-  INTEGER, PARAMETER :: H5FD_FLAGS_LEN = 11
-  INTEGER :: H5FD_flags(H5FD_FLAGS_LEN)
-  !DEC$if defined(BUILD_HDF5_DLL)
-  !DEC$ATTRIBUTES DLLEXPORT :: /H5FD_FLAGS/
-  !DEC$endif
-  COMMON /H5FD_FLAGS/ H5FD_flags
-
   INTEGER :: H5FD_MPIO_INDEPENDENT_F
   INTEGER :: H5FD_MPIO_COLLECTIVE_F
   INTEGER :: H5FD_MEM_NOLIST_F
@@ -509,28 +258,6 @@ MODULE H5GLOBAL
   INTEGER :: H5FD_MEM_LHEAP_F
   INTEGER :: H5FD_MEM_OHDR_F
   INTEGER :: H5FD_MEM_NTYPES_F
-
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5FD_flags(1), H5FD_MPIO_INDEPENDENT_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5FD_flags(2), H5FD_MPIO_COLLECTIVE_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5FD_flags(3), H5FD_MEM_NOLIST_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5FD_flags(4), H5FD_MEM_DEFAULT_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5FD_flags(5), H5FD_MEM_SUPER_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5FD_flags(6), H5FD_MEM_BTREE_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5FD_flags(7), H5FD_MEM_DRAW_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5FD_flags(8), H5FD_MEM_GHEAP_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5FD_flags(9), H5FD_MEM_LHEAP_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5FD_flags(10), H5FD_MEM_OHDR_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5FD_flags(11), H5FD_MEM_NTYPES_F)
-  !
-  ! H5FD file drivers flags declaration
-  !
-  INTEGER, PARAMETER :: H5FD_HID_FLAGS_LEN = 7
-  INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5FD_hid_flags(H5FD_HID_FLAGS_LEN)
-  !DEC$if defined(BUILD_HDF5_DLL)
-  !DEC$ATTRIBUTES DLLEXPORT :: /H5FD_HID_FLAGS/
-  !DEC$endif
-  COMMON /H5FD_HID_FLAGS/ H5FD_hid_flags
-
   INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5FD_CORE_F
   INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5FD_FAMILY_F
   INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5FD_LOG_F
@@ -538,25 +265,9 @@ MODULE H5GLOBAL
   INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5FD_MULTI_F
   INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5FD_SEC2_F
   INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5FD_STDIO_F
-
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5FD_hid_flags(1), H5FD_CORE_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5FD_hid_flags(2), H5FD_FAMILY_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5FD_hid_flags(3), H5FD_LOG_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5FD_hid_flags(4), H5FD_MPIO_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5FD_hid_flags(5), H5FD_MULTI_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5FD_hid_flags(6), H5FD_SEC2_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5FD_hid_flags(7), H5FD_STDIO_F)
-
   !
   ! H5I flags declaration
   !
-  INTEGER, PARAMETER :: H5I_FLAGS_LEN = 7
-  INTEGER :: H5I_flags(H5I_FLAGS_LEN)
-  !DEC$if defined(BUILD_HDF5_DLL)
-  !DEC$ATTRIBUTES DLLEXPORT :: /H5I_FLAGS/
-  !DEC$endif
-  COMMON /H5I_FLAGS/ H5I_flags
-
   INTEGER ::  H5I_FILE_F
   INTEGER ::  H5I_GROUP_F
   INTEGER ::  H5I_DATATYPE_F
@@ -564,48 +275,18 @@ MODULE H5GLOBAL
   INTEGER ::  H5I_DATASET_F
   INTEGER ::  H5I_ATTR_F
   INTEGER ::  H5I_BADID_F
-
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5I_flags(1), H5I_FILE_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5I_flags(2), H5I_GROUP_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5I_flags(3), H5I_DATATYPE_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5I_flags(4), H5I_DATASPACE_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5I_flags(5), H5I_DATASET_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5I_flags(6), H5I_ATTR_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5I_flags(7), H5I_BADID_F)
   !
   ! H5L flags declaration
   !
-  INTEGER, PARAMETER :: H5L_FLAGS_LEN = 6
-  INTEGER :: H5L_flags(H5L_FLAGS_LEN)
-
   INTEGER :: H5L_TYPE_ERROR_F
   INTEGER :: H5L_TYPE_HARD_F
   INTEGER :: H5L_TYPE_SOFT_F
   INTEGER :: H5L_TYPE_EXTERNAL_F
   INTEGER :: H5L_SAME_LOC_F
   INTEGER :: H5L_LINK_CLASS_T_VERS_F
-
-  !DEC$if defined(BUILD_HDF5_DLL)
-  !DEC$ATTRIBUTES DLLEXPORT :: /H5L_FLAGS/
-  !DEC$endif
-  COMMON /H5L_FLAGS/ H5L_flags
-
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5L_flags(1), H5L_TYPE_ERROR_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5L_flags(2), H5L_TYPE_HARD_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5L_flags(3), H5L_TYPE_SOFT_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5L_flags(4), H5L_TYPE_EXTERNAL_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5L_flags(5), H5L_SAME_LOC_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5L_flags(6), H5L_LINK_CLASS_T_VERS_F)
   !
   ! H5O flags declaration
   !
-  INTEGER, PARAMETER :: H5O_FLAGS_LEN = 27
-  INTEGER :: H5o_flags(H5O_FLAGS_LEN)
-  !DEC$if defined(BUILD_HDF5_DLL)
-  !DEC$ATTRIBUTES DLLEXPORT :: /H5O_FLAGS/
-  !DEC$endif
-  COMMON /H5O_FLAGS/ H5O_flags
-
   INTEGER :: H5O_COPY_SHALLOW_HIERARCHY_F ! *** THESE VARIABLES DO
   INTEGER :: H5O_COPY_EXPAND_SOFT_LINK_F  ! NOT MATCH THE C VARIABLE
   INTEGER :: H5O_COPY_EXPAND_EXT_LINK_F   ! IN ORDER
@@ -633,45 +314,9 @@ MODULE H5GLOBAL
   INTEGER :: H5O_TYPE_DATASET_F
   INTEGER :: H5O_TYPE_NAMED_DATATYPE_F
   INTEGER :: H5O_TYPE_NTYPES_F
-
-  EQUIVALENCE(h5o_flags(1) , H5O_COPY_SHALLOW_HIERARCHY_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(h5o_flags(2) , H5O_COPY_EXPAND_SOFT_LINK_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(h5o_flags(3) , H5O_COPY_EXPAND_EXT_LINK_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(h5o_flags(4) , H5O_COPY_EXPAND_REFERENCE_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(h5o_flags(5) , H5O_COPY_WITHOUT_ATTR_FLAG_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(h5o_flags(6) , H5O_COPY_PRESERVE_NULL_FLAG_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(h5o_flags(7) , H5O_COPY_ALL_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(h5o_flags(8) , H5O_SHMESG_NONE_FLAG_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(h5o_flags(9) , H5O_SHMESG_SDSPACE_FLAG_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(h5o_flags(10) , H5O_SHMESG_DTYPE_FLAG_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(h5o_flags(11) , H5O_SHMESG_FILL_FLAG_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(h5o_flags(12) , H5O_SHMESG_PLINE_FLAG_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(h5o_flags(13) , H5O_SHMESG_ATTR_FLAG_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(h5o_flags(14) , H5O_SHMESG_ALL_FLAG_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(h5o_flags(15) , H5O_HDR_CHUNK0_SIZE_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(h5o_flags(16) , H5O_HDR_ATTR_CRT_ORDER_TRACK_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(h5o_flags(17) , H5O_HDR_ATTR_CRT_ORDER_INDEX_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(h5o_flags(18) , H5O_HDR_ATTR_STORE_PHASE_CHA_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(h5o_flags(19) , H5O_HDR_STORE_TIMES_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(h5o_flags(20) , H5O_HDR_ALL_FLAGS_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(h5o_flags(21) , H5O_SHMESG_MAX_NINDEXES_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(h5o_flags(22) , H5O_SHMESG_MAX_LIST_SIZE_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(h5o_flags(23) , H5O_TYPE_UNKNOWN_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(h5o_flags(24) , H5O_TYPE_GROUP_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(h5o_flags(25) , H5O_TYPE_DATASET_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(h5o_flags(26) , H5O_TYPE_NAMED_DATATYPE_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(h5o_flags(27) , H5O_TYPE_NTYPES_F)
-
   !
   ! H5P flags declaration
   !
-  INTEGER, PARAMETER :: H5P_FLAGS_LEN = 18
-  INTEGER(HID_T) H5P_flags(H5P_FLAGS_LEN)
-  !DEC$if defined(BUILD_HDF5_DLL)
-  !DEC$ATTRIBUTES DLLEXPORT :: /H5P_FLAGS/
-  !DEC$endif
-  COMMON /H5P_FLAGS/ H5P_flags
-
   INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5P_FILE_CREATE_F
   INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5P_FILE_ACCESS_F
   INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5P_DATASET_CREATE_F
@@ -691,72 +336,16 @@ MODULE H5GLOBAL
   INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5P_LINK_CREATE_F
   INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5P_LINK_ACCESS_F
 
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5P_flags(1), H5P_FILE_CREATE_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5P_flags(2), H5P_FILE_ACCESS_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5P_flags(3), H5P_DATASET_CREATE_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5P_flags(4), H5P_DATASET_XFER_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5P_flags(5), H5P_FILE_MOUNT_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5P_flags(6), H5P_DEFAULT_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5P_flags(7), H5P_ROOT_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5P_flags(8), H5P_OBJECT_CREATE_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5P_flags(9), H5P_DATASET_ACCESS_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5P_flags(10), H5P_GROUP_CREATE_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5P_flags(11), H5P_GROUP_ACCESS_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5P_flags(12), H5P_DATATYPE_CREATE_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5P_flags(13), H5P_DATATYPE_ACCESS_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5P_flags(14), H5P_STRING_CREATE_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5P_flags(15), H5P_ATTRIBUTE_CREATE_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5P_flags(16), H5P_OBJECT_COPY_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5P_flags(17), H5P_LINK_CREATE_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5P_flags(18), H5P_LINK_ACCESS_F)
-
-  !
-  ! H5P integers flags declaration
-  !
-  INTEGER, PARAMETER :: H5P_FLAGS_INT_LEN = 2
-  INTEGER :: H5P_flags_int(H5P_FLAGS_INT_LEN)
-  !DEC$if defined(BUILD_HDF5_DLL)
-  !DEC$ATTRIBUTES DLLEXPORT :: /H5P_FLAGS_INT/
-  !DEC$endif
-  COMMON /H5P_FLAGS_INT/ H5P_flags_int
   INTEGER :: H5P_CRT_ORDER_INDEXED_F
   INTEGER :: H5P_CRT_ORDER_TRACKED_F
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5P_flags_int(1), H5P_CRT_ORDER_INDEXED_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5P_flags_int(2), H5P_CRT_ORDER_TRACKED_F)
   !
   ! H5R flags declaration
   !
-  INTEGER, PARAMETER :: H5R_FLAGS_LEN = 2
-  INTEGER :: H5R_flags(H5R_FLAGS_LEN)
-  !DEC$if defined(BUILD_HDF5_DLL)
-  !DEC$ATTRIBUTES DLLEXPORT :: /H5R_FLAGS/
-  !DEC$endif
-  COMMON /H5R_FLAGS/ H5R_flags
-
   INTEGER :: H5R_OBJECT_F
   INTEGER :: H5R_DATASET_REGION_F
-
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5R_flags(1), H5R_OBJECT_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5R_flags(2), H5R_DATASET_REGION_F)
-
   !
   ! H5S flags declaration
   !
-  INTEGER, PARAMETER :: H5S_FLAGS_LEN = 18
-  INTEGER :: H5S_flags(H5S_FLAGS_LEN)
-  INTEGER, PARAMETER :: H5S_HSIZE_FLAGS_LEN = 1
-  INTEGER(HSIZE_T) H5S_hsize_flags(H5S_HSIZE_FLAGS_LEN)
-  INTEGER, PARAMETER :: H5S_HID_FLAGS_LEN = 1
-  INTEGER(HSIZE_T) H5S_hid_flags(H5S_HID_FLAGS_LEN)
-  !DEC$if defined(BUILD_HDF5_DLL)
-  !DEC$ATTRIBUTES DLLEXPORT :: /H5S_FLAGS/
-  !DEC$ATTRIBUTES DLLEXPORT :: /H5S_HID_FLAGS/
-  !DEC$ATTRIBUTES DLLEXPORT :: /H5S_HSIZE_FLAGS/
-  !DEC$endif
-  COMMON /H5S_FLAGS/ H5S_flags
-  COMMON /H5S_HID_FLAGS/ H5S_hid_flags
-  COMMON /H5S_HSIZE_FLAGS/ H5S_hsize_flags
-
   INTEGER(HSIZE_T) :: H5S_UNLIMITED_F
 
   INTEGER(HID_T) :: H5S_ALL_F
@@ -781,43 +370,9 @@ MODULE H5GLOBAL
   INTEGER :: H5S_SEL_POINTS_F
   INTEGER :: H5S_SEL_HYPERSLABS_F
   INTEGER :: H5S_SEL_ALL_F
-
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5S_hid_flags(1), H5S_ALL_F)
-
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5S_hsize_flags(1), H5S_UNLIMITED_F)
-
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5S_flags(1), H5S_SCALAR_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5S_flags(2), H5S_SIMPLE_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5S_flags(3), H5S_NULL_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5S_flags(4), H5S_SELECT_SET_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5S_flags(5), H5S_SELECT_OR_F)
-
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5S_flags(6), H5S_SELECT_NOOP_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5S_flags(7), H5S_SELECT_AND_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5S_flags(8), H5S_SELECT_XOR_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5S_flags(9), H5S_SELECT_NOTB_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5S_flags(10), H5S_SELECT_NOTA_F)
-
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5S_flags(11), H5S_SELECT_APPEND_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5S_flags(12), H5S_SELECT_PREPEND_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5S_flags(13), H5S_SELECT_INVALID_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5S_flags(14), H5S_SEL_ERROR_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5S_flags(15), H5S_SEL_NONE_F)
-
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5S_flags(16), H5S_SEL_POINTS_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5S_flags(17), H5S_SEL_HYPERSLABS_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5S_flags(18), H5S_SEL_ALL_F)
-
   !
   ! H5T flags declaration
   !
-  INTEGER, PARAMETER :: H5T_FLAGS_LEN = 35
-  INTEGER :: H5T_flags(H5T_FLAGS_LEN)
-  !DEC$if defined(BUILD_HDF5_DLL)
-  !DEC$ATTRIBUTES DLLEXPORT :: /H5T_FLAGS/
-  !DEC$endif
-  COMMON /H5T_FLAGS/ H5T_flags
-
   INTEGER :: H5T_NO_CLASS_F
   INTEGER :: H5T_INTEGER_F
   INTEGER :: H5T_FLOAT_F
@@ -853,52 +408,9 @@ MODULE H5GLOBAL
   INTEGER :: H5T_STR_ERROR_F
   INTEGER :: H5T_DIR_ASCEND_F
   INTEGER :: H5T_DIR_DESCEND_F
-
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5T_flags(1), H5T_NO_CLASS_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5T_flags(2), H5T_INTEGER_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5T_flags(3), H5T_FLOAT_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5T_flags(4), H5T_TIME_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5T_flags(5), H5T_STRING_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5T_flags(6), H5T_BITFIELD_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5T_flags(7), H5T_OPAQUE_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5T_flags(8), H5T_COMPOUND_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5T_flags(9), H5T_REFERENCE_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5T_flags(10), H5T_ENUM_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5T_flags(11), H5T_ORDER_LE_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5T_flags(12), H5T_ORDER_BE_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5T_flags(13), H5T_ORDER_MIXED_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5T_flags(14), H5T_ORDER_VAX_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5T_flags(15), H5T_ORDER_NONE_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5T_flags(16), H5T_PAD_ZERO_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5T_flags(17), H5T_PAD_ONE_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5T_flags(18), H5T_PAD_BACKGROUND_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5T_flags(19), H5T_PAD_ERROR_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5T_flags(20), H5T_SGN_NONE_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5T_flags(21), H5T_SGN_2_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5T_flags(22), H5T_SGN_ERROR_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5T_flags(23), H5T_NORM_IMPLIED_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5T_flags(24), H5T_NORM_MSBSET_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5T_flags(25), H5T_NORM_NONE_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5T_flags(26), H5T_CSET_ASCII_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5T_flags(27), H5T_CSET_UTF8_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5T_flags(28), H5T_STR_NULLTERM_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5T_flags(29), H5T_STR_NULLPAD_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5T_flags(30), H5T_STR_SPACEPAD_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5T_flags(31), H5T_STR_ERROR_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5T_flags(32), H5T_VLEN_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5T_flags(33), H5T_ARRAY_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5T_flags(34), H5T_DIR_ASCEND_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5T_flags(35), H5T_DIR_DESCEND_F)
   !
   ! H5Z flags declaration
   !
-  INTEGER, PARAMETER :: H5Z_FLAGS_LEN = 20
-  INTEGER :: H5Z_flags(H5Z_FLAGS_LEN)
-  !DEC$if defined(BUILD_HDF5_DLL)
-  !DEC$ATTRIBUTES DLLEXPORT :: /H5Z_FLAGS/
-  !DEC$endif
-  COMMON /H5Z_FLAGS/ H5Z_flags
-
   INTEGER :: H5Z_FILTER_ERROR_F
   INTEGER :: H5Z_FILTER_NONE_F
   INTEGER :: H5Z_FILTER_ALL_F
@@ -919,58 +431,12 @@ MODULE H5GLOBAL
   INTEGER :: H5Z_SO_FLOAT_ESCALE_F
   INTEGER :: H5Z_SO_INT_F
   INTEGER :: H5Z_SO_INT_MINBITS_DEFAULT_F
-
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5Z_flags(1), H5Z_FILTER_ERROR_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5Z_flags(2), H5Z_FILTER_NONE_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5Z_flags(3), H5Z_FILTER_DEFLATE_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5Z_flags(4), H5Z_FILTER_SHUFFLE_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5Z_flags(5), H5Z_FILTER_FLETCHER32_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5Z_flags(6), H5Z_ERROR_EDC_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5Z_flags(7), H5Z_DISABLE_EDC_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5Z_flags(8), H5Z_ENABLE_EDC_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5Z_flags(9), H5Z_NO_EDC_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5Z_flags(10), H5Z_FILTER_SZIP_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5Z_flags(11), H5Z_FLAG_OPTIONAL_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5Z_flags(12), H5Z_FILTER_ENCODE_ENABLED_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5Z_flags(13), H5Z_FILTER_DECODE_ENABLED_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5Z_flags(14), H5Z_FILTER_ALL_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5Z_flags(15), H5Z_FILTER_NBIT_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5Z_flags(16), H5Z_FILTER_SCALEOFFSET_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5Z_flags(17), H5Z_SO_FLOAT_DSCALE_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5Z_flags(18), H5Z_SO_FLOAT_ESCALE_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5Z_flags(19), H5Z_SO_INT_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5Z_flags(20), H5Z_SO_INT_MINBITS_DEFAULT_F)
-
   !
   ! H5 Library flags declaration
   !
-  INTEGER, PARAMETER :: H5LIB_FLAGS_LEN =  2
-  INTEGER :: H5LIB_flags(H5LIB_FLAGS_LEN)
-  !DEC$if defined(BUILD_HDF5_DLL)
-  !DEC$ATTRIBUTES DLLEXPORT :: /H5LIB_FLAGS/
-  !DEC$endif
-  COMMON /H5LIB_FLAGS/ H5LIB_flags
   INTEGER :: H5_SZIP_EC_OM_F
   INTEGER :: H5_SZIP_NN_OM_F
-  !
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5LIB_flags(1), H5_SZIP_EC_OM_F)
-  EQUIVALENCE(H5LIB_flags(2), H5_SZIP_NN_OM_F)
-
 
-  ! General H5 flags declarations
-  !
-!!$      INTEGER, PARAMETER :: H5_FLAGS_LEN = 2
-!!$      INTEGER H5_flags(H5_FLAGS_LEN)
-!!$!DEC$if defined(BUILD_HDF5_DLL)
-!!$!DEC$ATTRIBUTES DLLEXPORT :: /H5_FLAGS/
-!!$!DEC$endif
-!!$      COMMON /H5_FLAGS/ H5_flags
-!!$
-!!$      INTEGER :: _F
-!!$      INTEGER :: H5F_SCOPE_LOCAL_F
-!!$
-!!$      EQUIVALENCE(H5F_flags(1), H5F_SCOPE_GLOBAL_F)
-!!$      EQUIVALENCE(H5F_flags(2), H5F_SCOPE_LOCAL_F)
 
 CONTAINS