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authorNeil Fortner <nfortne2@hdfgroup.org>2019-12-06 20:14:22 (GMT)
committerNeil Fortner <nfortne2@hdfgroup.org>2019-12-06 20:21:55 (GMT)
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Add RELEASE.txt note for HVLget_file_type()
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@@ -90,6 +90,15 @@ New Features
release.
• h5dump will fail to display references on big-endian machines.
+ - Add new public function H5VLget_file_type.
+
+ This function returns a datatype equivalent to the supplied datatype but
+ with the location set to be in the file. This datatype can then be used
+ with H5Tconvert to convert data between file and in-memory representation.
+ This funcition is intended for use only by VOL connector developers.
+
+ (NAF - 2019/11/08, ID-127)
+
- New S3 and HDFS Virtual File Drivers (VFDs)
This release has two new VFDs. The S3 VFD allows accessing HDF5 files on