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authorDana Robinson <43805+derobins@users.noreply.github.com>2020-11-30 12:50:39 (GMT)
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Replace H5E_ATOM major error category with H5E_ID (#121)
* Renames H5I_ATOM to H5I_ID, among other related changes * Java has been updated. * Fortran is failing on my VM, even though I don't touch that. * Adds a RELEASE.txt note for H5E_ATOM to H5E_ID changes * Fixes typos in comments
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@@ -340,6 +340,16 @@ New Features
Library:
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+ - Replaced H5E_ATOM with H5E_ID in H5Epubgen.h
+
+ The term "atom" is archaic and not in line with current HDF5 library
+ terminology, which uses "ID" instead. "Atom" has mostly been purged
+ from the library internals and this change removes H5E_ATOM from
+ the H5Epubgen.h (exposed via H5Epublic.h) and replaces it with
+ H5E_ID.
+
+ (DER - 2020/11/24, HDFFV-11190)
+
- Add new public function H5Ssel_iter_reset
This function resets a dataspace selection iterator back to an
@@ -500,6 +510,16 @@ New Features
Java Library:
----------------
+ - Replaced HDF5AtomException with HDF5IdException
+
+ Since H5E_ATOM changed to H5E_ID in the C library, the Java exception
+ that wraps the error category was also renamed. Its functionality
+ remains unchanged aside from the name.
+
+ (See also the HDFFV-11190 note in the C library section)
+
+ (DER - 2020/11/24, HDFFV-11190)
+
- Added new H5S functions.
H5Sselect_copy, H5Sselect_shape_same, H5Sselect_adjust,