[svn-r8954]

Purpose:
Bug fix

Description:
When a simple dataspace is created, its extent should be set before using it,
or it will silently function as a NULL dataspace.

Solution:
Added checks on user-supplied dataspaces.  Now dataspaces without extents set
will throw errors; users must explicitly set a dataspace to be NULL.

Platforms tested:
sleipnir, windows

1 files changed, 32 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/H5S.c b/src/H5S.c
index 4c5227c..5c42787 100644
--- a/src/H5S.c
+++ b/src/H5S.c
@@ -1912,6 +1912,38 @@ done:
     FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value);
 }
 
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * Function: H5S_has_extent
+ *
+ * Purpose: Determines if a simple dataspace's extent has been set (e.g.,
+ *          by H5Sset_extent_simple() ).  Helps avoid write errors.
+ *
+ * Return: TRUE if dataspace has extent set
+ *         FALSE if dataspace's extent is uninitialized
+ *
+ * Programmer: James Laird
+ *
+ * Date: July 23, 2004
+ *
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+hbool_t
+H5S_has_extent(const H5S_t *ds)
+{
+    htri_t ret_value;
+    FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI(H5S_has_extent, FAIL)
+
+    assert(ds);
+
+    if(ds->extent.rank==0 && ds->extent.nelem == 0)
+        ret_value = FALSE;
+    else
+        ret_value = TRUE;
+
+done:
+    FUNC_LEAVE_NOAPI(ret_value)
+}
+
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Function: H5S_set_extent_real