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authorQuincey Koziol <koziol@hdfgroup.org>2002-10-15 20:11:49 (GMT)
committerQuincey Koziol <koziol@hdfgroup.org>2002-10-15 20:11:49 (GMT)
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[svn-r6004] Purpose:
Describe new HDF5_DISABLE_VERSION_CHECK environment feature.
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@@ -67,8 +67,6 @@ Library
written to the file and then subsequently queried with the
H5Sget_simple_extent_type function, type was reported H5S_SIMPLE instead
of H5S_SCALAR. EIP - 2002/06/04
-C
-C
* Clear symbol table node "dirty" flag when flushing symbol tables to
disk, to reduce I/O calls made & improve performance. QAK - 2002/06/03
* Fixed bug where an object's header could get corrupted in certain obscure
@@ -225,6 +223,13 @@ Documentation
New Features
============
+ * Added environment variable "HDF5_DISABLE_VERSION_CHECK", which disables
+ the version checking between the header files and the library linked into
+ an application if set to '1'. This should be used with caution, mis-
+ matched headers and library binaries can cause _serious_ problems.
+ QAK - 2002/10/15
+ * Added new API function to get the name of an object in a file, using
+ an open ID (hid_t). QAK - 2002/10/14
* Added API functions to return pointer to low-level file handle
(H5Fget_vfd_handle and H5FDget_vfd_handle) and related property list
setting functions(H5Pset_family_offset and H5Pset_multi_type).