Merge branch 'develop' into mdc_sl_opt

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/H5T.c b/src/H5T.c
index 25c1f75..991095d 100644
--- a/src/H5T.c
+++ b/src/H5T.c
@@ -5718,9 +5718,9 @@ H5T_set_loc(H5T_t *dt, H5VL_object_t *file, H5T_loc_t loc)
                 break;
 
             case H5T_VLEN: /* Recurse on the VL information if it's VL, compound or array, then free VL sequence */
-                /* Recurse if it's VL, compound, enum or array */
+                /* Recurse if it's VL, compound, enum or array (ignore references here so that we can encode them as part of the same blob)*/
                 /* (If the force_conv flag is _not_ set, the type cannot change in size, so don't recurse) */
-                if(dt->shared->parent->shared->force_conv && H5T_IS_COMPLEX(dt->shared->parent->shared->type)) {
+                if(dt->shared->parent->shared->force_conv && H5T_IS_COMPLEX(dt->shared->parent->shared->type) && (dt->shared->parent->shared->type != H5T_REFERENCE)) {
                     if((changed = H5T_set_loc(dt->shared->parent, file, loc)) < 0)
                         HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_DATATYPE, H5E_CANTINIT, FAIL, "Unable to set VL location");
                     if(changed > 0)