[svn-r537] Changes since 19980722

----------------------

./src/H5A.c
./src/H5Apublic.h
./test/tattr.c
	Switched the order of the second and third argument of
	H5Aget_name() to make it consistent with other functions that
	take buffers and buffer sizes.

./src/H5G.c
./src/H5Gpublic.h
./src/H5Gprivate.h
	The H5Gget_comment() function returns the size of the comment
	including the null terminator.  If the object has no comment
	then zero is returned.  If an error occurs then a negative
	value is returned.

./MANIFEST
./tools/Makefile.in
./tools/h5tools.h	[NEW]
./tools/h5dump.c	[NEW]
	Created a library for printing values of datasets in a way
	that looks nice.  It's not done yet, but I needed it for
	debugging the contents of files from Jim Reus.

./tools/h5ls.c
	Added the `-d' and `--dump' options which cause the contents
	of a dataset to be printed.  Added `-w N' and `--width=N'
	options to control how wide the raw data output should be. If
	you want single-column output then say `-w1'.

	Printing dataset values can now handle datasets of any integer
	or floating point atomic type.  As a special case, integers
	which are one byte wide are treated a character strings for
	now.

	Sample output:
	    $ h5ls --dump --width=60 banana.hdf
	    ARCHIVE                   0:0:0:744            Dataset {52/Inf}
		Data:
		    (0) "U struct complex { double R; double I; };\012V"
		    (43) " double;\012"
	    U                         0:0:0:2500           Dataset {256/512}
		Data: printing of compound data types is not implemented yet
	    V                         0:0:0:3928           Dataset {256/512}
		Data:
		    (0) 0, 0.015625, 0.03125, 0.046875, 0.0625,
		    (5) 0.078125, 0.09375, 0.109375, 0.125, 0.140625,
		    (10) 0.15625, 0.171875, 0.1875, 0.203125, 0.21875,
		    (15) 0.234375, 0.25, 0.265625, 0.28125, 0.296875,
	    ...

7 files changed, 1134 insertions, 22 deletions

diff --git a/src/.distdep b/src/.distdep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa381e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/.distdep
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+   H5private.h \
+   H5public.h \
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+   H5ACprivate.h \
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+   H5config.h \
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+   H5private.h \
+   H5public.h \
+   H5config.h \
+   H5Eprivate.h \
+   H5Epublic.h \
+   H5Ipublic.h \
+   H5MMprivate.h \
+   H5MMpublic.h \
+   H5Oprivate.h \
+   H5Opublic.h \
+   H5Fprivate.h \
+   H5Fpublic.h \
+   H5Dpublic.h \
+   H5Gprivate.h \
+   H5Gpublic.h \
+   H5Bprivate.h \
+   H5Bpublic.h \
+   H5HGprivate.h \
+   H5HGpublic.h \
+   H5Tprivate.h \
+   H5Tpublic.h \
+   H5Sprivate.h \
+   H5Spublic.h \
+   H5Zprivate.h \
+   H5Zpublic.h
+H5Sall.o: \
+   H5Sall.c \
+   H5private.h \
+   H5public.h \
+   H5config.h \
+   H5Eprivate.h \
+   H5Epublic.h \
+   H5Ipublic.h \
+   H5Sprivate.h \
+   H5Spublic.h \
+   H5Gprivate.h \
+   H5Gpublic.h \
+   H5Bprivate.h \
+   H5Bpublic.h \
+   H5Fprivate.h \
+   H5Fpublic.h \
+   H5Dpublic.h \
+   H5Oprivate.h \
+   H5Opublic.h \
+   H5HGprivate.h \
+   H5HGpublic.h \
+   H5Tprivate.h \
+   H5Tpublic.h \
+   H5Zprivate.h \
+   H5Zpublic.h
+H5Ssimp.o: \
+   H5Ssimp.c \
+   H5private.h \
+   H5public.h \
+   H5config.h \
+   H5Eprivate.h \
+   H5Epublic.h \
+   H5Ipublic.h \
+   H5Sprivate.h \
+   H5Spublic.h \
+   H5Gprivate.h \
+   H5Gpublic.h \
+   H5Bprivate.h \
+   H5Bpublic.h \
+   H5Fprivate.h \
+   H5Fpublic.h \
+   H5Dpublic.h \
+   H5Oprivate.h \
+   H5Opublic.h \
+   H5HGprivate.h \
+   H5HGpublic.h \
+   H5Tprivate.h \
+   H5Tpublic.h \
+   H5Zprivate.h \
+   H5Zpublic.h
+H5T.o: \
+   H5T.c \
+   H5private.h \
+   H5public.h \
+   H5config.h \
+   H5Dprivate.h \
+   H5Dpublic.h \
+   H5Ipublic.h \
+   H5Fprivate.h \
+   H5Fpublic.h \
+   H5Gprivate.h \
+   H5Gpublic.h \
+   H5Bprivate.h \
+   H5Bpublic.h \
+   H5Oprivate.h \
+   H5Opublic.h \
+   H5HGprivate.h \
+   H5HGpublic.h \
+   H5Tprivate.h \
+   H5Tpublic.h \
+   H5Sprivate.h \
+   H5Spublic.h \
+   H5Zprivate.h \
+   H5Zpublic.h \
+   H5Iprivate.h
+H5V.o: \
+   H5V.c \
+   H5private.h \
+   H5public.h \
+   H5config.h \
+   H5Eprivate.h \
+   H5Epublic.h \
+   H5Ipublic.h \
+   H5Oprivate.h \
+   H5Opublic.h \
+   H5Fprivate.h \
+   H5Fpublic.h \
+   H5Dpublic.h \
+   H5Gprivate.h \
+   H5Gpublic.h \
+   H5Bprivate.h \
+   H5Bpublic.h \
+   H5HGprivate.h \
+   H5HGpublic.h \
+   H5Tprivate.h \
+   H5Tpublic.h \
+   H5Sprivate.h \
+   H5Spublic.h \
+   H5Zprivate.h \
+   H5Zpublic.h
+H5.o: \
+   H5.c \
+   H5private.h \
+   H5public.h \
+   H5config.h \
+   H5ACprivate.h \
+   H5ACpublic.h \
+   H5Fprivate.h \
+   H5Fpublic.h \
+   H5Ipublic.h \
+   H5Dpublic.h \
+   H5Bprivate.h \
+   H5Bpublic.h \
+   H5Eprivate.h \
+   H5Epublic.h \
+   H5Iprivate.h \
+   H5MMprivate.h \
+   H5MMpublic.h \
+   H5Pprivate.h \
+   H5Ppublic.h \
+   H5Zpublic.h \
+   H5Sprivate.h \
+   H5Spublic.h \
+   H5Gprivate.h \
+   H5Gpublic.h \
+   H5Oprivate.h \
+   H5Opublic.h \
+   H5HGprivate.h \
+   H5HGpublic.h \
+   H5Tprivate.h \
+   H5Tpublic.h
+H5A.o: \
+   H5A.c \
+   H5private.h \
+   H5public.h \
+   H5config.h \
+   H5Iprivate.h \
+   H5Ipublic.h \
+   H5Bprivate.h \
+   H5Bpublic.h \
+   H5Fprivate.h \
+   H5Fpublic.h \
+   H5Dpublic.h \
+   H5Dprivate.h \
+   H5Gprivate.h \
+   H5Gpublic.h \
+   H5Oprivate.h \
+   H5Opublic.h \
+   H5HGprivate.h \
+   H5HGpublic.h \
+   H5Tprivate.h \
+   H5Tpublic.h \
+   H5Sprivate.h \
+   H5Spublic.h \
+   H5Zprivate.h \
+   H5Zpublic.h \
+   H5Eprivate.h \
+   H5Epublic.h \
+   H5MMprivate.h \
+   H5MMpublic.h \
+   H5Pprivate.h
+H5D.o: \
+   H5D.c \
+   H5private.h \
+   H5public.h \
+   H5config.h \
+   H5Iprivate.h \
+   H5Ipublic.h \
+   H5ACprivate.h \
+   H5ACpublic.h \
+   H5Fprivate.h \
+   H5Fpublic.h \
+   H5Dpublic.h \
+   H5Dprivate.h \
+   H5Gprivate.h \
+   H5Gpublic.h \
+   H5Bprivate.h \
+   H5Bpublic.h \
+   H5Oprivate.h \
+   H5Opublic.h \
+   H5HGprivate.h \
+   H5HGpublic.h \
+   H5Tprivate.h \
+   H5Tpublic.h \
+   H5Sprivate.h \
+   H5Spublic.h \
+   H5Zprivate.h \
+   H5Zpublic.h \
+   H5Eprivate.h \
+   H5Epublic.h \
+   H5HLprivate.h \
+   H5HLpublic.h \
+   H5MFprivate.h \
+   H5MFpublic.h \
+   H5MMprivate.h \
+   H5MMpublic.h
+H5F.o: \
+   H5F.c \
+   H5private.h \
+   H5public.h \
+   H5config.h \
+   H5Iprivate.h \
+   H5Ipublic.h \
+   H5ACprivate.h \
+   H5ACpublic.h \
+   H5Fprivate.h \
+   H5Fpublic.h \
+   H5Dpublic.h \
+   H5Eprivate.h \
+   H5Epublic.h \
+   H5Gprivate.h \
+   H5Gpublic.h \
+   H5Bprivate.h \
+   H5Bpublic.h \
+   H5MMprivate.h \
+   H5MMpublic.h \
+   H5Pprivate.h \
+   H5Ppublic.h \
+   H5Zpublic.h \
+   H5Tprivate.h \
+   H5Tpublic.h
+H5G.o: \
+   H5G.c \
+   H5private.h \
+   H5public.h \
+   H5config.h \
+   H5Bprivate.h \
+   H5Bpublic.h \
+   H5Fprivate.h \
+   H5Fpublic.h \
+   H5Ipublic.h \
+   H5Dpublic.h \
+   H5Dprivate.h \
+   H5Gprivate.h \
+   H5Gpublic.h \
+   H5Oprivate.h \
+   H5Opublic.h \
+   H5HGprivate.h \
+   H5HGpublic.h \
+   H5Tprivate.h \
+   H5Tpublic.h \
+   H5Sprivate.h \
+   H5Spublic.h \
+   H5Zprivate.h \
+   H5Zpublic.h \
+   H5Eprivate.h \
+   H5Epublic.h \
+   H5Gpkg.h \
+   H5ACprivate.h \
+   H5ACpublic.h \
+   H5HLprivate.h
+H5P.o: \
+   H5P.c \
+   H5private.h \
+   H5public.h \
+   H5config.h \
+   H5Iprivate.h \
+   H5Ipublic.h \
+   H5Bprivate.h \
+   H5Bpublic.h \
+   H5Fprivate.h \
+   H5Fpublic.h \
+   H5Dpublic.h \
+   H5Dprivate.h \
+   H5Gprivate.h \
+   H5Gpublic.h \
+   H5Oprivate.h \
+   H5Opublic.h \
+   H5HGprivate.h \
+   H5HGpublic.h \
+   H5Tprivate.h \
+   H5Tpublic.h \
+   H5Sprivate.h \
+   H5Spublic.h \
+   H5Zprivate.h \
+   H5Zpublic.h \
+   H5Eprivate.h \
+   H5Epublic.h \
+   H5MMprivate.h \
+   H5MMpublic.h \
+   H5Pprivate.h
+H5Shyper.o: \
+   H5Shyper.c \
+   H5private.h \
+   H5public.h \
+   H5config.h \
+   H5Eprivate.h \
+   H5Epublic.h \
+   H5Ipublic.h \
+   H5Sprivate.h \
+   H5Spublic.h \
+   H5Gprivate.h \
+   H5Gpublic.h \
+   H5Bprivate.h \
+   H5Bpublic.h \
+   H5Fprivate.h \
+   H5Fpublic.h \
+   H5Dpublic.h \
+   H5Oprivate.h \
+   H5Opublic.h \
+   H5HGprivate.h \
+   H5HGpublic.h \
+   H5Tprivate.h \
+   H5Tpublic.h \
+   H5Zprivate.h \
+   H5Zpublic.h
+H5Spoint.o: \
+   H5Spoint.c \
+   H5private.h \
+   H5public.h \
+   H5config.h \
+   H5Eprivate.h \
+   H5Epublic.h \
+   H5Ipublic.h \
+   H5MMprivate.h \
+   H5MMpublic.h \
+   H5Sprivate.h \
+   H5Spublic.h \
+   H5Gprivate.h \
+   H5Gpublic.h \
+   H5Bprivate.h \
+   H5Bpublic.h \
+   H5Fprivate.h \
+   H5Fpublic.h \
+   H5Dpublic.h \
+   H5Oprivate.h \
+   H5Opublic.h \
+   H5HGprivate.h \
+   H5HGpublic.h \
+   H5Tprivate.h \
+   H5Tpublic.h
+H5Sselect.o: \
+   H5Sselect.c \
+   H5private.h \
+   H5public.h \
+   H5config.h \
+   H5Eprivate.h \
+   H5Epublic.h \
+   H5Ipublic.h \
+   H5Iprivate.h \
+   H5MMprivate.h \
+   H5MMpublic.h \
+   H5Sprivate.h \
+   H5Spublic.h \
+   H5Gprivate.h \
+   H5Gpublic.h \
+   H5Bprivate.h \
+   H5Bpublic.h \
+   H5Fprivate.h \
+   H5Fpublic.h \
+   H5Dpublic.h \
+   H5Oprivate.h \
+   H5Opublic.h \
+   H5HGprivate.h \
+   H5HGpublic.h \
+   H5Tprivate.h
+H5TB.o: \
+   H5TB.c \
+   H5private.h \
+   H5public.h \
+   H5config.h \
+   H5Iprivate.h \
+   H5Ipublic.h \
+   H5Eprivate.h \
+   H5Epublic.h \
+   H5MMprivate.h
+H5S.o: \
+   H5S.c \
+   H5private.h \
+   H5public.h \
+   H5config.h \
+   H5Iprivate.h \
+   H5Ipublic.h \
+   H5Eprivate.h \
+   H5Epublic.h \
+   H5MMprivate.h \
+   H5MMpublic.h \
+   H5Oprivate.h \
+   H5Opublic.h \
+   H5Fprivate.h \
+   H5Fpublic.h \
+   H5Dpublic.h \
+   H5Gprivate.h \
+   H5Gpublic.h \
+   H5Bprivate.h \
+   H5Bpublic.h \
+   H5HGprivate.h \
+   H5HGpublic.h \
+   H5Tprivate.h \
+   H5Tpublic.h \
+   H5Sprivate.h
diff --git a/src/H5A.c b/src/H5A.c
index ad04c68..befe020 100644
--- a/src/H5A.c
+++ b/src/H5A.c
@@ -1025,10 +1025,10 @@ H5Aget_type (hid_t attr_id)
  PURPOSE
     Gets a copy of the name for an attribute
  USAGE
-    size_t H5Aget_name (attr_id, buf, buf_size)
+    size_t H5Aget_name (attr_id, buf_size, buf)
         hid_t attr_id;      IN: Attribute to get name of
-        char *buf;          IN: Buffer to store name in
         size_t buf_size;    IN: The size of the buffer to store the string in.
+        char *buf;          IN: Buffer to store name in
  RETURNS
     This function returns the length of the attribute's name (which may be
     longer than 'buf_size') on success or negative for failure.
@@ -1043,14 +1043,14 @@ H5Aget_type (hid_t attr_id)
     properly terminate the string.
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 size_t
-H5Aget_name (hid_t attr_id, char *buf, size_t buf_size)
+H5Aget_name (hid_t attr_id, size_t buf_size, char *buf)
 {
     H5A_t		*attr = NULL;
     size_t              copy_len=0;
     size_t		ret_value = FAIL;
 
     FUNC_ENTER(H5Aget_name, FAIL);
-    H5TRACE3("z","isz",attr_id,buf,buf_size);
+    H5TRACE3("z","izs",attr_id,buf_size,buf);
 
     /* check arguments */
     if (H5_ATTR != H5I_group(attr_id) ||
diff --git a/src/H5Apublic.h b/src/H5Apublic.h
index 1520564..b3b556f 100644
--- a/src/H5Apublic.h
+++ b/src/H5Apublic.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ herr_t H5Aread(hid_t attr_id, hid_t type_id, void *buf);
 herr_t H5Aclose(hid_t attr_id);
 hid_t H5Aget_space(hid_t attr_id);
 hid_t H5Aget_type(hid_t attr_id);
-size_t H5Aget_name(hid_t attr_id, char *buf, size_t buf_size);
+size_t H5Aget_name(hid_t attr_id, size_t buf_size, char *buf);
 int H5Anum_attrs(hid_t loc_id);
 int H5Aiterate(hid_t loc_id, unsigned *attr_num, H5A_operator_t op,
 	       void *op_data);
diff --git a/src/H5G.c b/src/H5G.c
index 2e24a15..c875814 100644
--- a/src/H5G.c
+++ b/src/H5G.c
@@ -767,9 +767,12 @@ H5Gset_comment (hid_t loc_id, const char *name, const char *comment)
  *		specified object.  If BUFSIZE is large enough to hold the
  *		entire comment then the comment string will be null
  *		terminated, otherwise it will not.  If the object does not
- *		have a comment value then the empty string is returned.
+ *		have a comment value then no bytes are copied to the BUF
+ *		buffer.
  *
- * Return:	Success:	SUCCEED
+ * Return:	Success:	Number of characters in the comment counting
+ *				the null terminator.  The value returned may
+ *				be larger than the BUFSIZE argument.
  *
  *		Failure:	FAIL
  *
@@ -780,13 +783,14 @@ H5Gset_comment (hid_t loc_id, const char *name, const char *comment)
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
-herr_t
+int
 H5Gget_comment (hid_t loc_id, const char *name, size_t bufsize, char *buf)
 {
     H5G_t	*loc = NULL;
+    intn	retval = FAIL;
     
     FUNC_ENTER(H5Gget_comment, FAIL);
-    H5TRACE4("e","iszs",loc_id,name,bufsize,buf);
+    H5TRACE4("Is","iszs",loc_id,name,bufsize,buf);
 
     if (NULL==(loc=H5G_loc(loc_id))) {
 	HRETURN_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, FAIL, "not a location");
@@ -794,16 +798,16 @@ H5Gget_comment (hid_t loc_id, const char *name, size_t bufsize, char *buf)
     if (!name || !*name) {
 	HRETURN_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL, "no name specified");
     }
-    if (bufsize<1 || !buf) {
+    if (bufsize>0 && !buf) {
 	HRETURN_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL, "no buffer specified");
     }
 
-    if (H5G_get_comment(loc, name, bufsize, buf)<0) {
+    if ((retval=H5G_get_comment(loc, name, bufsize, buf))<0) {
 	HRETURN_ERROR(H5E_SYM, H5E_CANTINIT, FAIL,
 		      "unable to set comment value");
     }
 
-    FUNC_LEAVE(SUCCEED);
+    FUNC_LEAVE(retval);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2131,7 +2135,9 @@ H5G_set_comment(H5G_t *loc, const char *name, const char *buf)
  *
  * Purpose:	Get the comment value for an object.
  *
- * Return:	Success:	SUCCEED
+ * Return:	Success:	Number of bytes in the comment including the
+ *				null terminator.  Zero if the object has no
+ *				comment.
  *
  *		Failure:	FAIL
  *
@@ -2142,11 +2148,12 @@ H5G_set_comment(H5G_t *loc, const char *name, const char *buf)
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
-herr_t
+intn
 H5G_get_comment(H5G_t *loc, const char *name, size_t bufsize, char *buf)
 {
     H5O_name_t	comment;
     H5G_entry_t	obj_ent;
+    intn	retval = FAIL;
     
     FUNC_ENTER(H5G_get_comment, FAIL);
 
@@ -2159,12 +2166,14 @@ H5G_get_comment(H5G_t *loc, const char *name, size_t bufsize, char *buf)
     /* Get the message */
     comment.s = NULL;
     if (NULL==H5O_read(&obj_ent, H5O_NAME, 0, &comment)) {
-	buf[0] = '\0';
+	if (buf && bufsize>0) buf[0] = '\0';
+	retval = 0;
     } else {
 	strncpy(buf, comment.s, bufsize);
+	retval = strlen(comment.s);
 	H5O_reset(H5O_NAME, &comment);
     }
 
-    FUNC_LEAVE(SUCCEED);
+    FUNC_LEAVE(retval);
 }
     
diff --git a/src/H5Gprivate.h b/src/H5Gprivate.h
index b0ee5e8..991b343 100644
--- a/src/H5Gprivate.h
+++ b/src/H5Gprivate.h
@@ -118,8 +118,7 @@ herr_t H5G_stat (H5G_t *loc, const char *name, hbool_t follow_link,
 herr_t H5G_linkval (H5G_t *loc, const char *name, size_t size,
 		    char *buf/*out*/);
 herr_t H5G_set_comment(H5G_t *loc, const char *name, const char *buf);
-herr_t H5G_get_comment(H5G_t *loc, const char *name, size_t bufsize,
-		       char *buf);
+intn H5G_get_comment(H5G_t *loc, const char *name, size_t bufsize, char *buf);
 herr_t H5G_insert (H5G_t *cwg, const char *name, H5G_entry_t *ent);
 herr_t H5G_find (H5G_t *cwg, const char *name, H5G_entry_t *grp_ent/*out*/,
                  H5G_entry_t *ent/*out*/);
diff --git a/src/H5Gpublic.h b/src/H5Gpublic.h
index 294166f..217ad7e 100644
--- a/src/H5Gpublic.h
+++ b/src/H5Gpublic.h
@@ -70,8 +70,7 @@ herr_t H5Gstat (hid_t loc_id, const char *name, hbool_t follow_link,
 herr_t H5Gget_linkval (hid_t loc_id, const char *name, size_t size,
 		       char *buf/*out*/);
 herr_t H5Gset_comment(hid_t loc_id, const char *name, const char *comment);
-herr_t H5Gget_comment(hid_t loc_id, const char *name, size_t bufsize,
-		      char *buf);
+int H5Gget_comment(hid_t loc_id, const char *name, size_t bufsize, char *buf);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/src/H5S.c b/src/H5S.c
index 33a0a45..524d19b 100644
--- a/src/H5S.c
+++ b/src/H5S.c
@@ -697,7 +697,8 @@ H5S_extent_ndims(const H5S_t *ds)
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 int
-H5Sextent_dims (hid_t space_id, hsize_t dims[]/*out*/, hsize_t maxdims[]/*out*/)
+H5Sextent_dims (hid_t space_id, hsize_t dims[]/*out*/,
+		hsize_t maxdims[]/*out*/)
 {
     H5S_t		   *ds = NULL;
     intn		   ret_value = 0;
@@ -706,7 +707,8 @@ H5Sextent_dims (hid_t space_id, hsize_t dims[]/*out*/, hsize_t maxdims[]/*out*/)
     H5TRACE3("Is","ixx",space_id,dims,maxdims);
 
     /* Check args */
-    if (H5_DATASPACE != H5I_group(space_id) || NULL == (ds = H5I_object(space_id))) {
+    if (H5_DATASPACE != H5I_group(space_id) ||
+	NULL == (ds = H5I_object(space_id))) {
         HRETURN_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, FAIL, "not a dataspace");
     }
     ret_value = H5S_extent_dims(ds, dims, maxdims);