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| author | Quincey Koziol <koziol@hdfgroup.org> | 1998-10-23 20:10:29 (GMT) |
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| committer | Quincey Koziol <koziol@hdfgroup.org> | 1998-10-23 20:10:29 (GMT) |
| commit | 6b449ba34aa4825c65143b9adce63b2a3c9c669e (patch) | |
| tree | d6941cd0442460fc5965579f99d33c40a7958bc1 /src/H5private.h | |
| parent | 15a78f97867aa7fe64920939b1f02f95ea79af5e (diff) | |
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[svn-r785] Moved SUCCEED & FAIL back into H5private.h
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diff --git a/src/H5private.h b/src/H5private.h index 2435191..058dedf 100644 --- a/src/H5private.h +++ b/src/H5private.h @@ -28,6 +28,20 @@ #define HDF5_SHAREDHEADER_VERSION 0 /* of the Shared-Header Info */ /* + * Status return values for the `herr_t' type. + * Since some unix/c routines use 0 and -1 (or more precisely, non-negative + * vs. negative) as their return code, and some assumption had been made in + * the code about that, it is important to keep these constants the same + * values. When checking the success or failure of an integer-valued + * function, remember to compare against zero and not one of these two + * values. + */ +#define SUCCEED 0 +#define FAIL (-1) +#define UFAIL (unsigned)(-1) + + +/* * Include those things that almost all source files need. */ #ifdef STDC_HEADERS |