[svn-r7951] Purpose:

    Bug fix

Description:
    Attributes which were created with scalar dataspaces were reporting their
dataspace as a simple dataspace when queried later.

Solution:
    Fix the dataspace handling code when reading in the attribute message from
the file to set the extent type correctly.

Platforms tested:
    FreeBSD 4.9 (sleipnir)
    too minor to require h5committest

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/test/tattr.c b/test/tattr.c
index ff64862..5104366 100644
--- a/test/tattr.c
+++ b/test/tattr.c
@@ -721,7 +721,9 @@ test_attr_scalar_read(void)
 {
     hid_t		fid1;		/* HDF5 File IDs		*/
     hid_t		dataset;	/* Dataset ID			*/
+    hid_t		sid;	        /* Dataspace ID			*/
     hid_t		attr;	    /* Attribute ID			*/
+    H5S_class_t         stype;          /* Dataspace class              */
     float       rdata=0.0;  /* Buffer for reading 1st attribute */
     herr_t		ret;		/* Generic return value		*/
 
@@ -749,6 +751,18 @@ test_attr_scalar_read(void)
     CHECK(ret, FAIL, "H5Aread");
     VERIFY(rdata, attr_data5, "H5Aread");
 
+    /* Get the attribute's dataspace */
+    sid = H5Aget_space(attr);
+    CHECK(sid, FAIL, "H5Aget_space");
+
+    /* Make certain the dataspace is scalar */
+    stype = H5Sget_simple_extent_type (sid);
+    VERIFY(stype, H5S_SCALAR, "H5Sget_simple_extent_type");
+
+    /* Close dataspace */
+    ret = H5Sclose(sid);
+    CHECK(ret, FAIL, "H5Sclose");
+
     /* Close attribute */
     ret=H5Aclose(attr);
     CHECK(ret, FAIL, "H5Aclose");