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authorNeil Fortner <nfortne2@hdfgroup.org>2010-03-24 16:42:54 (GMT)
committerNeil Fortner <nfortne2@hdfgroup.org>2010-03-24 16:42:54 (GMT)
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[svn-r18446] Purpose: Fix bug 1637
Description: Modified algorithm for extending a dataset with early allocation so it only deals with the new chunks. Formerly, it would loop over all chunks, checking to see if each existed in cache and on disk, causing major performance issues with large numbers of chunks. Tested: jam, linew, amani (h5committest)
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@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ New Features
Library
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+ - Greatly improved performance of extending a dataset with early
+ allocation. (NAF - 2010/03/24 - 1637)
- Added support for filtering densely stored groups. Many of the API
functions related to filters have been extended to support dense groups
as well as datasets. Pipeline messages can now be stored in a group's