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authorNeil Fortner <nfortne2@hdfgroup.org>2013-02-13 21:55:48 (GMT)
committerNeil Fortner <nfortne2@hdfgroup.org>2013-02-13 21:55:48 (GMT)
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[svn-r23265] Merge revisions 23230, 23234, and 23237 to 1.8 branch
Purpose: Implement H5Dscatter and H5Dgather Description: Adds 2 new API functions, H5Dscatter and H5Dgather. H5Dscatter retrieves data from a specified callback function and scatters it into a selection, defined by a supplied dataspace, within a supplied memory buffer. H5Dgather gathers data from a selection within a supplied memory buffer and passes it in a contiguous form to a supplied callback function. Added tests for these functions Tested: jam, ostrich, koala (h5committest); ummon; ummon (1.8)
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@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ New Features
Library
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+ - Added new API functions H5Dscatter and H5Dgather to scatter data to and
+ and gather data from a selection within a memory buffer.
+ (NAF - 2013/02/05)
- The library now supports the data conversion from enumeration to numeric
(integer and floating-point number) datatypes. See Issue 8221.
(SLU - 2012/10/23)