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authorBinh-Minh Ribler <bmribler@hdfgroup.org>2016-03-09 12:54:52 (GMT)
committerBinh-Minh Ribler <bmribler@hdfgroup.org>2016-03-09 12:54:52 (GMT)
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[svn-r29366] Purpose: Update RELEASE.txt
Description: Added note about the changes in the C++ Packet Table library
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@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ New Features
High-Level APIs:
------
- - New public functions in Packet Table API
+ - New public functions in the C Packet Table API
Two accessor functions were added per HDFFV-8623/patch 003.
/* Returns the ID of the dataset associated with the packet table */
@@ -426,6 +426,28 @@ New Features
hid_t H5PTget_type(hid_t table_id);
(BMR, 2016/03/04, HDFFV-8623)
+ - New public functions in the C++ Packet Table API
+
+ Two accessor wrappers to class PacketTable, per HDFFV-8623/patch 004.
+ /* Returns the ID of the dataset associated with the packet table */
+ hid_t PacketTable::GetDataset()
+
+ /* Returns the ID of the datatype the packet table uses */
+ hid_t PacketTable::GetDataset()
+ (BMR, 2016/03/04, HDFFV-8623)
+
+ - Member functions having "char*" as an argument
+
+ Overloaded functions were added to provide "const char*" argument, the
+ existing version will be deprecated.
+ (BMR, 2016/03/04)
+
+ - Commented out functions are renewed
+
+ The old function VL_PacketTable::FreeReadBuff that had been ifdef'ed out
+ now became PacketTable::FreeBuff()
+ (BMR, 2016/03/04, HDFFV-442)
+
- A new API function H5DOwrite_chunk. It writes a data chunk directly
into a file bypassing hyperslab selection, data conversion, and
filter pipeline. The user must be careful with the function and