[svn-r16218] Merging trunk 16217

Bug fix
PG compiler complains about array out of bounds (a rank of zero was not checked)
Adding a scalar dataset to the test generator program. this case is run on a previous existing run, the case was added to 2 existing files

Tested: windows, linux

5 files changed, 2093 insertions, 2011 deletions

diff --git a/tools/h5diff/h5diffgentest.c b/tools/h5diff/h5diffgentest.c
index b713e9f..ca14501 100644
--- a/tools/h5diff/h5diffgentest.c
+++ b/tools/h5diff/h5diffgentest.c
@@ -97,27 +97,24 @@ static int write_dset(hid_t loc_id,int rank,hsize_t *dims,const char *name,hid_t
 
 int main(void)
 {
-    if (test_basic(FILE1, FILE2, FILE11) < 0 )
-        goto out;
-
+    test_basic(FILE1, FILE2, FILE11);
+    
     test_types (FILE3);
     test_datatypes(FILE4);
-
+    
     /* generate 2 files, the second call creates a similar file with differences */
     test_attributes(FILE5,0);
     test_attributes(FILE6,1);
-
+    
     /* generate 2 files, the second call creates a similar file with differences */
     test_datasets(FILE7,0);
     test_datasets(FILE8,1);
-
+    
     /* generate 2 files, the second call creates a similar file with differences */
     test_hyperslab(FILE9,0);
     test_hyperslab(FILE10,1);
     return 0;
-
-out:
-    return 1;
+    
 }
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -136,37 +133,37 @@ int test_basic(const char *fname1, const char *fname2, const char *fname3)
     hid_t   gid1, gid2, gid3;
     hsize_t dims1[1] = { 6 };
     hsize_t dims2[2] = { 3,2 };
-
+    
     /* create the empty file */
     if ((fid1=H5Fcreate(fname3, H5F_ACC_TRUNC, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT)) < 0){
-	fprintf(stderr, "empty file (%s) creation failed.\n", fname3);
+        fprintf(stderr, "empty file (%s) creation failed.\n", fname3);
         goto out;
     }
     if (H5Fclose(fid1) < 0){
-	fprintf(stderr, "empty file (%s) close failed.\n", fname3);
+        fprintf(stderr, "empty file (%s) close failed.\n", fname3);
         goto out;
     }
-
-   /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     * create two files
     *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     */
-
+    
     if (( fid1 = H5Fcreate (fname1, H5F_ACC_TRUNC, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT)) < 0 )
         goto out;
     if (( fid2 = H5Fcreate (fname2, H5F_ACC_TRUNC, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT)) < 0 )
         goto out;
-
-   /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    * create groups
-    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    
+        /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+        * create groups
+        *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     */
-
+    
     gid1 = H5Gcreate2(fid1, "g1", H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);
     gid2 = H5Gcreate2(fid2, "g1", H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);
     gid3 = H5Gcreate2(fid2, "g2", H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);
-
-   /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     * tests:
     * # 1.1 normal mode
     * # 1.2 normal mode with objects
@@ -175,21 +172,21 @@ int test_basic(const char *fname1, const char *fname2, const char *fname3)
     * # 1.5 with -d
     *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     */
-
+    
     {
         double data1[3][2] = {{1,1},  {1,1},       {0,0}};
         double data2[3][2] = {{0,1.1},{1.01,1.001},{0,1}};
         double data3[3][2] = {{100,100},{100,100},{100,100}};
         double data4[3][2] = {{105,120},{160,95},{80,40}};
-
+        
         write_dset(gid1,2,dims2,"dset1",H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE,data1);
         write_dset(gid2,2,dims2,"dset2",H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE,data2);
         write_dset(gid1,2,dims2,"dset3",H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE,data3);
         write_dset(gid2,2,dims2,"dset4",H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE,data4);
         write_dset(gid2,2,dims2,"dset1",H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE,data2);
-
+        
     }
-   /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     * relative error, compare divide by zero, both zero
     * # 1.6.1 with -p (int)
     *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -197,13 +194,13 @@ int test_basic(const char *fname1, const char *fname2, const char *fname3)
     {
         int data5[3][2] = {{100,100},{100,0},{0,100}};
         int data6[3][2] = {{120,80}, {0,100},{0,50}};
-
+        
         write_dset(gid1,2,dims2,"dset5",H5T_NATIVE_INT,data5);
         write_dset(gid1,2,dims2,"dset6",H5T_NATIVE_INT,data6);
-
+        
     }
-
-   /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     * relative error, compare divide by zero, both zero
     * # 1.6.2 with -p (unsigned long_long)
     *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -211,13 +208,13 @@ int test_basic(const char *fname1, const char *fname2, const char *fname3)
     {
         unsigned long_long data7[3][2] = {{100,100},{100,0},{0,100}};
         unsigned long_long data8[3][2] = {{120,80}, {0,100},{0,50}};
-
+        
         write_dset(gid1,2,dims2,"dset7",H5T_NATIVE_ULLONG,data7);
         write_dset(gid1,2,dims2,"dset8",H5T_NATIVE_ULLONG,data8);
-
+        
     }
-
-   /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     * relative error, compare divide by zero, both zero
     * # 1.6.3 with -p (double)
     *
@@ -233,14 +230,14 @@ int test_basic(const char *fname1, const char *fname2, const char *fname3)
     {
         double data9[3][2] = {{100,100},{100,0},{0,100}};
         double data10[3][2] ={{120,80}, {0,100},{0,50}};
-
+        
         write_dset(gid1,2,dims2,"dset9",H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE,data9);
         write_dset(gid1,2,dims2,"dset10",H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE,data10);
-
+        
     }
-
-
-   /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     * test floating point comparison
     *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     */
@@ -250,22 +247,22 @@ int test_basic(const char *fname1, const char *fname2, const char *fname3)
         float  data12[3][2] ={{0.00000f,0.00002f},{0.000009f,0.00001f},{0.00000f,0.00001f}};
         double data13[3][2] ={{0.000000000,0.000000001},{0.000000001, 0.000000000},{0.000000001,0.000000001}};
         double data14[3][2] ={{0.000000000,0.000000002},{0.0000000009,0.000000001},{0.000000000,0.000000001}};
-
+        
         write_dset(gid1,2,dims2,"fp1",H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT,data11);
         write_dset(gid1,2,dims2,"fp2",H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT,data12);
         write_dset(gid1,2,dims2,"d1",H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE,data13);
         write_dset(gid1,2,dims2,"d2",H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE,data14);
-
+        
     }
-
-
+    
+    
 #if H5_SIZEOF_LONG_DOUBLE !=0
     {
         
     /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     * H5T_NATIVE_LDOUBLE
     *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    */
+        */
         
         long double data15[3][2] ={{1,1},{1,1},{1,1}};
         
@@ -273,67 +270,67 @@ int test_basic(const char *fname1, const char *fname2, const char *fname3)
         
     }
 #endif
-
-
-
-   /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    
+    
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     * NaNs in H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT
     *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     */
     {
-
+        
         float data15[6];
         float data16[6];
-
+        
         data15[0] = (float) sqrt( (double)-1 );
         data15[1] = 1;
         data15[2] = (float) sqrt( (double)-1 );
         data15[3] = 1;
         data15[4] = 1;
         data15[5] = 1;
-
+        
         data16[0] = (float) sqrt( (double)-1 );
         data16[1] = (float) sqrt( (double)-1 );
         data16[2] = 1;
         data16[3] = 1;
         data16[4] = 1;
         data16[5] = 1;
-
+        
         write_dset(gid1,1,dims1,"fp15",H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT,data15);
         write_dset(gid1,1,dims1,"fp16",H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT,data16);
-
+        
     }
-
-   /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     * NaNs in H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE
     *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     */
     {
-
+        
         double data17[6];
         double data18[6];
-
+        
         data17[0] = sqrt( (double)-1 );
         data17[1] = 1;
         data17[2] = sqrt( (double)-1 );
         data17[3] = 1;
         data17[4] = 1;
         data17[5] = 1;
-
+        
         data18[0] = (float) sqrt( (double)-1 );
         data18[1] = (float) sqrt( (double)-1 );
         data18[2] = 1;
         data18[3] = 1;
         data18[4] = 1;
         data18[5] = 1;
-
+        
         write_dset(gid1,1,dims1,"fp17",H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE,data17);
         write_dset(gid1,1,dims1,"fp18",H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE,data18);
-
+        
     }
-
-
-   /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     * close
     *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     */
@@ -343,9 +340,9 @@ int test_basic(const char *fname1, const char *fname2, const char *fname3)
     H5Fclose(fid1);
     H5Fclose(fid2);
     return SUCCEED;
-
+    
 out:
-
+    
     return FAIL;
 }
 
@@ -377,19 +374,19 @@ int test_types(const char *fname)
     {
         int    a;
     } s2_t;
-
+    
     /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     * Create one file
     *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     */
     fid1 = H5Fcreate (fname, H5F_ACC_TRUNC, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);
-
+    
     /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     * H5G_DATASET
     *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     */
     write_dset(fid1,1,dims,"dset",H5T_NATIVE_INT,0);
-
+    
     /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     * H5G_GROUP
     *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -398,12 +395,12 @@ int test_types(const char *fname)
     status = H5Gclose(gid1);
     gid2 = H5Gcreate2(fid1, "g2", H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);
     status = H5Gclose(gid2);
-
+    
     /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     * H5G_TYPE
     *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     */
-
+    
     /* create and commit datatype 1 */
     tid1 = H5Tcreate(H5T_COMPOUND, sizeof(s1_t));
     H5Tinsert(tid1, "a", HOFFSET(s1_t, a), H5T_NATIVE_INT);
@@ -415,15 +412,15 @@ int test_types(const char *fname)
     H5Tinsert(tid2, "a", HOFFSET(s2_t, a), H5T_NATIVE_INT);
     H5Tcommit2(fid1, "t2", tid2, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);
     H5Tclose(tid2);
-
+    
     /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     * H5G_LINK
     *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     */
-
+    
     status = H5Lcreate_soft("g1", fid1, "l1", H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);
     status = H5Lcreate_soft("g2", fid1, "l2", H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);
-
+    
     /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     * H5G_UDLINK
     *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -431,7 +428,7 @@ int test_types(const char *fname)
     H5Lcreate_external("filename", "objname", fid1, "ext_link", H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);
     H5Lregister(UD_link_class);
     H5Lcreate_ud(fid1, "ud_link", MY_LINKCLASS, NULL, (size_t)0, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);
-
+    
     /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     * Close
     *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -489,136 +486,136 @@ TOOLTEST h5diff_28.txt file3.h5 file3.h5 -v l1 l2
 static
 int test_datatypes(const char *fname)
 {
-
- hid_t   fid1;
- hsize_t dims[2]={3,2};
- herr_t  status;
- char    buf1a[3][2] = {{1,1},{1,1},{1,1}};
- char    buf1b[3][2] = {{1,1},{3,4},{5,6}};
- short   buf2a[3][2] = {{1,1},{1,1},{1,1}};
- short   buf2b[3][2] = {{1,1},{3,4},{5,6}};
- int     buf3a[3][2] = {{1,1},{1,1},{1,1}};
- int     buf3b[3][2] = {{1,1},{3,4},{5,6}};
- long    buf4a[3][2] = {{1,1},{1,1},{1,1}};
- long    buf4b[3][2] = {{1,1},{3,4},{5,6}};
- float   buf5a[3][2] = {{1,1},{1,1},{1,1}};
- float   buf5b[3][2] = {{1,1},{3,4},{5,6}};
- double  buf6a[3][2] = {{1,1},{1,1},{1,1}};
- double  buf6b[3][2] = {{1,1},{3,4},{5,6}};
-
- /*unsigned/signed test
-   signed char -128 to 127
-   unsigned char 0 to 255
-  */
- char          buf7a[3][2] = {{-1,-128},{-1,-1},{-1,-1}};
- unsigned char buf7b[3][2] = {{1,128},{1,1},{1,1}};
-
- /* long_long test */
- long_long            buf8a[3][2] = {{1,1},{1,1},{1,1}};
- long_long            buf8b[3][2] = {{1,1},{3,4},{5,6}};
- unsigned long_long   buf9a[3][2] = {{1,1},{1,1},{1,1}};
- unsigned long_long   buf9b[3][2] = {{1,1},{3,4},{5,6}};
-
- unsigned int    buf10a[3][2] = {{UIMAX,1},{1,1},{1,1}};
- unsigned int    buf10b[3][2] = {{UIMAX-1,1},{3,4},{5,6}};
-
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * Create a file
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
- fid1 = H5Fcreate (fname, H5F_ACC_TRUNC, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * Check for different storage order. Give a warning if they are different
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
- write_dset(fid1,2,dims,"dset0a",H5T_STD_I16LE,buf2a);
- write_dset(fid1,2,dims,"dset0b",H5T_STD_I32LE,buf3b);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * Check H5T_NATIVE_CHAR
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
- write_dset(fid1,2,dims,"dset1a",H5T_NATIVE_CHAR,buf1a);
- write_dset(fid1,2,dims,"dset1b",H5T_NATIVE_CHAR,buf1b);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * Check H5T_NATIVE_SHORT
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
- write_dset(fid1,2,dims,"dset2a",H5T_NATIVE_SHORT,buf2a);
- write_dset(fid1,2,dims,"dset2b",H5T_NATIVE_SHORT,buf2b);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * Check H5T_NATIVE_INT
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
- write_dset(fid1,2,dims,"dset3a",H5T_NATIVE_INT,buf3a);
- write_dset(fid1,2,dims,"dset3b",H5T_NATIVE_INT,buf3b);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * Check H5T_NATIVE_LONG
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
- write_dset(fid1,2,dims,"dset4a",H5T_NATIVE_LONG,buf4a);
- write_dset(fid1,2,dims,"dset4b",H5T_NATIVE_LONG,buf4b);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * Check H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
- write_dset(fid1,2,dims,"dset5a",H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT,buf5a);
- write_dset(fid1,2,dims,"dset5b",H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT,buf5b);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * Check H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
- write_dset(fid1,2,dims,"dset6a",H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE,buf6a);
- write_dset(fid1,2,dims,"dset6b",H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE,buf6b);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_NATIVE_CHAR and H5T_NATIVE_UCHAR
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
- write_dset(fid1,2,dims,"dset7a",H5T_NATIVE_CHAR,buf7a);
- write_dset(fid1,2,dims,"dset7b",H5T_NATIVE_UCHAR,buf7b);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_NATIVE_LLONG
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
- write_dset(fid1,2,dims,"dset8a",H5T_NATIVE_LLONG,buf8a);
- write_dset(fid1,2,dims,"dset8b",H5T_NATIVE_LLONG,buf8b);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_NATIVE_ULLONG
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
- write_dset(fid1,2,dims,"dset9a",H5T_NATIVE_ULLONG,buf9a);
- write_dset(fid1,2,dims,"dset9b",H5T_NATIVE_ULLONG,buf9b);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_NATIVE_INT
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
- write_dset(fid1,2,dims,"dset10a",H5T_NATIVE_UINT,buf10a);
- write_dset(fid1,2,dims,"dset10b",H5T_NATIVE_UINT,buf10b);
-
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * Close
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
- status = H5Fclose(fid1);
- return status;
+    
+    hid_t   fid1;
+    hsize_t dims[2]={3,2};
+    herr_t  status;
+    char    buf1a[3][2] = {{1,1},{1,1},{1,1}};
+    char    buf1b[3][2] = {{1,1},{3,4},{5,6}};
+    short   buf2a[3][2] = {{1,1},{1,1},{1,1}};
+    short   buf2b[3][2] = {{1,1},{3,4},{5,6}};
+    int     buf3a[3][2] = {{1,1},{1,1},{1,1}};
+    int     buf3b[3][2] = {{1,1},{3,4},{5,6}};
+    long    buf4a[3][2] = {{1,1},{1,1},{1,1}};
+    long    buf4b[3][2] = {{1,1},{3,4},{5,6}};
+    float   buf5a[3][2] = {{1,1},{1,1},{1,1}};
+    float   buf5b[3][2] = {{1,1},{3,4},{5,6}};
+    double  buf6a[3][2] = {{1,1},{1,1},{1,1}};
+    double  buf6b[3][2] = {{1,1},{3,4},{5,6}};
+    
+    /*unsigned/signed test
+    signed char -128 to 127
+    unsigned char 0 to 255
+    */
+    char          buf7a[3][2] = {{-1,-128},{-1,-1},{-1,-1}};
+    unsigned char buf7b[3][2] = {{1,128},{1,1},{1,1}};
+    
+    /* long_long test */
+    long_long            buf8a[3][2] = {{1,1},{1,1},{1,1}};
+    long_long            buf8b[3][2] = {{1,1},{3,4},{5,6}};
+    unsigned long_long   buf9a[3][2] = {{1,1},{1,1},{1,1}};
+    unsigned long_long   buf9b[3][2] = {{1,1},{3,4},{5,6}};
+    
+    unsigned int    buf10a[3][2] = {{UIMAX,1},{1,1},{1,1}};
+    unsigned int    buf10b[3][2] = {{UIMAX-1,1},{3,4},{5,6}};
+    
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * Create a file
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    fid1 = H5Fcreate (fname, H5F_ACC_TRUNC, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * Check for different storage order. Give a warning if they are different
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    write_dset(fid1,2,dims,"dset0a",H5T_STD_I16LE,buf2a);
+    write_dset(fid1,2,dims,"dset0b",H5T_STD_I32LE,buf3b);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * Check H5T_NATIVE_CHAR
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    write_dset(fid1,2,dims,"dset1a",H5T_NATIVE_CHAR,buf1a);
+    write_dset(fid1,2,dims,"dset1b",H5T_NATIVE_CHAR,buf1b);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * Check H5T_NATIVE_SHORT
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    write_dset(fid1,2,dims,"dset2a",H5T_NATIVE_SHORT,buf2a);
+    write_dset(fid1,2,dims,"dset2b",H5T_NATIVE_SHORT,buf2b);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * Check H5T_NATIVE_INT
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    write_dset(fid1,2,dims,"dset3a",H5T_NATIVE_INT,buf3a);
+    write_dset(fid1,2,dims,"dset3b",H5T_NATIVE_INT,buf3b);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * Check H5T_NATIVE_LONG
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    write_dset(fid1,2,dims,"dset4a",H5T_NATIVE_LONG,buf4a);
+    write_dset(fid1,2,dims,"dset4b",H5T_NATIVE_LONG,buf4b);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * Check H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    write_dset(fid1,2,dims,"dset5a",H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT,buf5a);
+    write_dset(fid1,2,dims,"dset5b",H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT,buf5b);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * Check H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    write_dset(fid1,2,dims,"dset6a",H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE,buf6a);
+    write_dset(fid1,2,dims,"dset6b",H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE,buf6b);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_NATIVE_CHAR and H5T_NATIVE_UCHAR
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    write_dset(fid1,2,dims,"dset7a",H5T_NATIVE_CHAR,buf7a);
+    write_dset(fid1,2,dims,"dset7b",H5T_NATIVE_UCHAR,buf7b);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_NATIVE_LLONG
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    write_dset(fid1,2,dims,"dset8a",H5T_NATIVE_LLONG,buf8a);
+    write_dset(fid1,2,dims,"dset8b",H5T_NATIVE_LLONG,buf8b);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_NATIVE_ULLONG
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    write_dset(fid1,2,dims,"dset9a",H5T_NATIVE_ULLONG,buf9a);
+    write_dset(fid1,2,dims,"dset9b",H5T_NATIVE_ULLONG,buf9b);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_NATIVE_INT
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    write_dset(fid1,2,dims,"dset10a",H5T_NATIVE_UINT,buf10a);
+    write_dset(fid1,2,dims,"dset10b",H5T_NATIVE_UINT,buf10b);
+    
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * Close
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    status = H5Fclose(fid1);
+    return status;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -672,31 +669,31 @@ int test_attributes(const char *file,
     hid_t   sid;
     hsize_t dims[1]={2};
     herr_t  status;
-
+    
     /* Create a file  */
     if((fid  = H5Fcreate(file, H5F_ACC_TRUNC, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT)) < 0)
         return -1;
-
+    
     /* Create a 1D dataset */
     sid = H5Screate_simple(1, dims, NULL);
     did = H5Dcreate2(fid, "dset", H5T_NATIVE_INT, sid, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);
     status = H5Sclose(sid);
     assert(status >= 0);
-
+    
     /* Create groups */
     gid  = H5Gcreate2(fid, "g1", H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);
     root_id   = H5Gopen2(fid, "/", H5P_DEFAULT);
-
+    
     /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     * write a series of attributes on the dataset, group, and root group
     *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     */
-
+    
     write_attr_in(did,"dset",fid,make_diffs);
     write_attr_in(gid,NULL,0,make_diffs);
     write_attr_in(root_id,NULL,0,make_diffs);
-
-
+    
+    
     /* Close */
     status = H5Dclose(did);
     assert(status >= 0);
@@ -704,7 +701,7 @@ int test_attributes(const char *file,
     assert(status >= 0);
     status = H5Gclose(root_id);
     assert(status >= 0);
-
+    
     /* Close file */
     status = H5Fclose(fid);
     assert(status >= 0);
@@ -733,37 +730,37 @@ int test_datasets(const char *file,
     hsize_t dims[1]={2};
     herr_t  status;
     int     buf[2]={1,2};
-
+    
     if(make_diffs)
         memset(buf, 0, sizeof buf);
-
+    
     /* Create a file  */
     if((fid = H5Fcreate(file, H5F_ACC_TRUNC, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT)) < 0)
         return -1;
-
+    
     /* Create a 1D dataset */
     sid = H5Screate_simple(1, dims, NULL);
     did  = H5Dcreate2(fid, "dset", H5T_NATIVE_INT, sid, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);
     status = H5Dwrite(did, H5T_NATIVE_INT, H5S_ALL, H5S_ALL, H5P_DEFAULT, buf);
     status = H5Sclose(sid);
     assert(status >= 0);
-
+    
     /* Create a group */
     gid  = H5Gcreate2(fid, "g1", H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);
-
+    
     /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     * write a series of datasets on the group
     *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     */
-
+    
     write_dset_in(gid,"/dset",fid,make_diffs);
-
+    
     /* close */
     status = H5Dclose(did);
     assert(status >= 0);
     status = H5Gclose(gid);
     assert(status >= 0);
-
+    
     /* close file */
     status = H5Fclose(fid);
     assert(status >= 0);
@@ -783,1026 +780,1043 @@ void write_attr_in(hid_t loc_id,
                    hid_t fid,
                    int make_diffs /* flag to modify data buffers */)
 {
- /* Compound datatype */
- typedef struct s_t
- {
-  char   a;
-  double b;
- } s_t;
-
- typedef enum
- {
-  RED,
-  GREEN
- } e_t;
-
- hid_t   aid;
- hid_t   sid;
- hid_t   tid;
- herr_t  status;
- int     val, i, j, k, l, n;
- float   f;
-
- /* create 1D attributes with dimension [2], 2 elements */
- hsize_t    dims[1]={2};
- char       buf1[2][STR_SIZE]= {"ab","de"};        /* string */
- char       *buf1a[2];                             /* VL string */
- char       buf2[2]= {1,2};                 /* bitfield, opaque */
- s_t        buf3[2]= {{1,2},{3,4}};         /* compound */
- hobj_ref_t buf4[2];                        /* reference */
- e_t        buf45[2]= {RED,RED};            /* enum */
- hvl_t      buf5[2];                        /* vlen */
- hsize_t    dimarray[1]={3};                /* array dimension */
- int        buf6[2][3]= {{1,2,3},{4,5,6}};  /* array */
- int        buf7[2]= {1,2};                 /* integer */
- float      buf8[2]= {1,2};                 /* float */
-
- /* create 2D attributes with dimension [3][2], 6 elements */
- hsize_t    dims2[2]={3,2};
- char       buf12[3][2][STR_SIZE]= {{"ab","cd"},{"ef","gh"},{"ij","kl"}};     /* string */
- char       *buf12a[3][2];                                               /* VL string */
- char       buf22[3][2]= {{1,2},{3,4},{5,6}};                     /* bitfield, opaque */
- s_t        buf32[6]= {{1,2},{3,4},{5,6},{7,8},{9,10},{11,12}};   /* compound */
- hobj_ref_t buf42[3][2];                                          /* reference */
- e_t        buf452[3][2];                                         /* enum */
- hvl_t      buf52[3][2];                                          /* vlen */
- int        buf62[6][3]= {{1,2,3},{4,5,6},{7,8,9},{10,11,12},{13,14,15},{16,17,18}};  /* array */
- int        buf72[3][2]= {{1,2},{3,4},{5,6}};                     /* integer */
- float      buf82[3][2]= {{1,2},{3,4},{5,6}};                     /* float */
-
- /* create 3D attributes with dimension [4][3][2], 24 elements */
- hsize_t    dims3[3]={4,3,2};
- char       buf13[4][3][2][STR_SIZE]= {{{"ab","cd"},{"ef","gh"},{"ij","kl"}},
-                {{"mn","pq"},{"rs","tu"},{"vw","xz"}},
-                {{"AB","CD"},{"EF","GH"},{"IJ","KL"}},
-                {{"MN","PQ"},{"RS","TU"},{"VW","XZ"}}};  /* string */
- char       *buf13a[4][3][2];   /* VL string */
- char       buf23[4][3][2];    /* bitfield, opaque */
- s_t        buf33[4][3][2];    /* compound */
- hobj_ref_t buf43[4][3][2];    /* reference */
- e_t        buf453[4][3][2];   /* enum */
- hvl_t      buf53[4][3][2];    /* vlen */
- int        buf63[24][3];      /* array */
- int        buf73[4][3][2];    /* integer */
- float      buf83[4][3][2];    /* float */
-
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * 1D attributes
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_STRING
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
- if (make_diffs)
- {
-  for (i=0; i<2; i++)
-   for (j=0; j<2; j++)
-    buf1[i][j]='z';
- }
- /*
- buf1[2][2]= {"ab","de"};
- $h5diff file7.h5 file6.h5 g1 g1 -v
- Group:       </g1> and </g1>
- Attribute:   <string> and <string>
- position      string of </g1>  string of </g1> difference
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-[ 0 ]          a                z
-[ 0 ]          b                z
-[ 1 ]          d                z
-[ 1 ]          e                z
- */
- tid = H5Tcopy(H5T_C_S1);
- status  = H5Tset_size(tid, (size_t)STR_SIZE);
- write_attr(loc_id,1,dims,"string",tid,buf1);
- status = H5Tclose(tid);
-
- for (i=0; i<2; i++)
-  buf1a[i]=buf1[i];
- tid = H5Tcopy(H5T_C_S1);
- status  = H5Tset_size(tid, H5T_VARIABLE);
- write_attr(loc_id,1,dims,"VLstring",tid,buf1a);
- status = H5Tclose(tid);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_BITFIELD
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
- if (make_diffs)
- {
-  for (i=0; i<2; i++)
-   buf2[i]=buf2[1]=0;
- }
- /*
- buf2[2]= {1,2};
- $h5diff file7.h5 file6.h5 g1 g1 -v
- Group:       </g1> and </g1>
- Attribute:   <bitfield> and <bitfield>
- position      bitfield of </g1> bitfield of </g1> difference
- position        opaque of </g1> opaque of </g1> difference
-------------------------------------------------------------
-[ 0 ]          1               0               1
-[ 1 ]          2               0               2
- */
-
- tid = H5Tcopy(H5T_STD_B8LE);
- write_attr(loc_id,1,dims,"bitfield",tid,buf2);
- status = H5Tclose(tid);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_OPAQUE
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
- /*
- buf2[2]= {1,2};
- $h5diff file7.h5 file6.h5 g1 g1 -v
- Group:       </g1> and </g1>
- Attribute:   <opaque> and <opaque>
- position     opaque of </g1> opaque of </g1> difference
- position        opaque of </g1> opaque of </g1> difference
-------------------------------------------------------------
-[ 0 ]          1               0               1
-[ 1 ]          2               0               2
-*/
-
- tid = H5Tcreate(H5T_OPAQUE, (size_t)1);
- status = H5Tset_tag(tid, "1-byte opaque type"); /* must set this */
- write_attr(loc_id,1,dims,"opaque",tid,buf2);
- status = H5Tclose(tid);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_COMPOUND
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
- if (make_diffs)
- {
-  for (i=0; i<2; i++)
-  {
-   buf3[i].a=0; buf3[i].b=0;
-  }
- }
-
- /*
- buf3[2]= {{1,2},{3,4}};
- $h5diff file7.h5 file6.h5 g1 g1 -v
- Group:       </g1> and </g1>
- Attribute:   <compound> and <compound>
- position        compound of </g1> compound of </g1> difference
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- [ 0 ]          1               5               4
- [ 0 ]          2               5               3
- [ 1 ]          3               5               2
- [ 1 ]          4               5               1
- */
-
- tid = H5Tcreate (H5T_COMPOUND, sizeof(s_t));
- H5Tinsert(tid, "a", HOFFSET(s_t, a), H5T_NATIVE_CHAR);
- H5Tinsert(tid, "b", HOFFSET(s_t, b), H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE);
- write_attr(loc_id,1,dims,"compound",tid,buf3);
- status = H5Tclose(tid);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_REFERENCE (H5R_OBJECT object reference)
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
- /* Create references to dataset */
- if (dset_name)
- {
-  status=H5Rcreate(&buf4[0],fid,dset_name,H5R_OBJECT,-1);
-  status=H5Rcreate(&buf4[1],fid,dset_name,H5R_OBJECT,-1);
-  write_attr(loc_id,1,dims,"reference",H5T_STD_REF_OBJ,buf4);
- }
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_ENUM
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
- if (make_diffs)
- {
-  for (i=0; i<2; i++)
-  {
-   buf45[i]=GREEN;
-  }
- }
- /*
- buf45[2]= {RED,RED};
- $h5diff file7.h5 file6.h5 g1 g1 -v
- Group:       </g1> and </g1>
- Attribute:   <enum> and <enum>
- position     enum of </g1>   enum of </g1>   difference
-------------------------------------------------------------
-[ 0 ]          RED              GREEN
-[ 1 ]          RED              GREEN
- */
- tid = H5Tcreate(H5T_ENUM, sizeof(e_t));
- H5Tenum_insert(tid, "RED",   (val = 0, &val));
- H5Tenum_insert(tid, "GREEN", (val = 1, &val));
- write_attr(loc_id,1,dims,"enum",tid,buf45);
- status = H5Tclose(tid);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_VLEN
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
- /* Allocate and initialize VL dataset to write */
-
- buf5[0].len = 1;
- buf5[0].p = malloc( 1 * sizeof(int));
- ((int *)buf5[0].p)[0]=1;
- buf5[1].len = 2;
- buf5[1].p = malloc( 2 * sizeof(int));
- ((int *)buf5[1].p)[0]=2;
- ((int *)buf5[1].p)[1]=3;
-
- if (make_diffs)
- {
-  ((int *)buf5[0].p)[0]=0;
-  ((int *)buf5[1].p)[0]=0;
-  ((int *)buf5[1].p)[1]=0;
- }
- /*
- $h5diff file7.h5 file6.h5 g1 g1 -v
- Group:       </g1> and </g1>
- position        vlen of </g1>   vlen of </g1>   difference
-------------------------------------------------------------
-[ 0 ]          1               0               1
-[ 1 ]          2               0               2
-[ 1 ]          3               0               3
- */
-
- sid = H5Screate_simple(1, dims, NULL);
- tid = H5Tvlen_create(H5T_NATIVE_INT);
- aid = H5Acreate2(loc_id, "vlen", tid, sid, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);
- status = H5Awrite(aid, tid, buf5);
- assert(status >= 0);
- status = H5Dvlen_reclaim(tid, sid, H5P_DEFAULT, buf5);
- assert(status >= 0);
- status = H5Aclose(aid);
- status = H5Tclose(tid);
- status = H5Sclose(sid);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_ARRAY
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
- if (make_diffs)
- {
-  for (i=0; i<2; i++)
-   for (j=0; j<3; j++)
-   {
-    buf6[i][j]=0;
-   }
- }
- /*
- buf6[2][3]= {{1,2,3},{4,5,6}};
- $h5diff file7.h5 file6.h5 g1 g1 -v
- Group:       </g1> and </g1>
- Attribute:   <array> and <array>
-position        array of </g1>  array of </g1>  difference
-------------------------------------------------------------
-[ 0 ]          1               0               1
-[ 0 ]          2               0               2
-[ 0 ]          3               0               3
-[ 1 ]          4               0               4
-[ 1 ]          5               0               5
-[ 1 ]          6               0               6
- */
- tid = H5Tarray_create2(H5T_NATIVE_INT, 1, dimarray);
- write_attr(loc_id, 1, dims, "array", tid, buf6);
- status = H5Tclose(tid);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_INTEGER and H5T_FLOAT
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
- if (make_diffs)
- {
-  for (i=0; i<2; i++)
-  {
-   buf7[i]=0;
-   buf8[i]=0;
-  }
- }
- /*
- buf7[2]= {1,2};
- buf8[2]= {1,2};
- $h5diff file7.h5 file6.h5 g1 g1 -v
- Group:       </g1> and </g1>
- position        integer of </g1> integer of </g1> difference
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- [ 0 ]          1               0               1
- [ 1 ]          2               0               2
- position        float of </g1>  float of </g1>  difference
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- [ 0 ]          1               0               1
- [ 1 ]          2               0               2
- */
- write_attr(loc_id,1,dims,"integer",H5T_NATIVE_INT,buf7);
- write_attr(loc_id,1,dims,"float",H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT,buf8);
-
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * 2D attributes
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_STRING
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
- if (make_diffs)
- {
-  for (i=0; i<3; i++)
-   for (j=0; j<2; j++)
-    for (k=0; k<2; k++)
-     buf12[i][j][k]='z';
- }
-
- /*
- buf12[6][2]= {"ab","cd","ef","gh","ij","kl"};
- $h5diff file7.h5 file6.h5 g1 g1 -v
- Attribute:   <string2D> and <string2D>
- position        string2D of </g1> string2D of </g1> difference
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-[ 0 0 ]          a                z
-[ 0 0 ]          b                z
-[ 0 1 ]          c                z
-[ 0 1 ]          d                z
-[ 1 0 ]          e                z
-[ 1 0 ]          f                z
-[ 1 1 ]          g                z
-[ 1 1 ]          h                z
-[ 2 0 ]          i                z
-[ 2 0 ]          j                z
-[ 2 1 ]          k                z
-[ 2 1 ]          l                z
- */
-
- tid = H5Tcopy(H5T_C_S1);
- status  = H5Tset_size(tid, (size_t)STR_SIZE);
- write_attr(loc_id,2,dims2,"string2D",tid,buf12);
- status = H5Tclose(tid);
-
- for (i=0; i<3; i++)
-  for (j=0; j<2; j++)
-   buf12a[i][j]=buf12[i][j];
- tid = H5Tcopy(H5T_C_S1);
- status  = H5Tset_size(tid, H5T_VARIABLE);
- write_attr(loc_id,2,dims2,"VLstring2D",tid,buf12a);
- status = H5Tclose(tid);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_BITFIELD
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
- if (make_diffs)
- {
-  memset(buf22,0,sizeof buf22);
- }
-
- /*
- buf22[3][2]= {{1,2},{3,4},{5,6}};
- $h5diff file7.h5 file6.h5 g1 g1 -v
- Attribute:   <bitfield2D> and <bitfield2D>
- position        bitfield2D of </g1> bitfield2D of </g1> difference
-------------------------------------------------------------
-[ 0 0 ]          1               0               1
-[ 0 1 ]          2               0               2
-[ 1 0 ]          3               0               3
-[ 1 1 ]          4               0               4
-[ 2 0 ]          5               0               5
-[ 2 1 ]          6               0               6
- */
-
-
- tid = H5Tcopy(H5T_STD_B8LE);
- write_attr(loc_id,2,dims2,"bitfield2D",tid,buf22);
- status = H5Tclose(tid);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_OPAQUE
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
- /*
- buf22[3][2]= {{1,2},{3,4},{5,6}};
- $h5diff file7.h5 file6.h5 g1 g1 -v
- Attribute:   <opaque2D> and <opaque2D>
- position        opaque2D of </g1> opaque2D of </g1> difference
-------------------------------------------------------------
-[ 0 0 ]          1               0               1
-[ 0 1 ]          2               0               2
-[ 1 0 ]          3               0               3
-[ 1 1 ]          4               0               4
-[ 2 0 ]          5               0               5
-[ 2 1 ]          6               0               6
- */
- tid = H5Tcreate(H5T_OPAQUE, (size_t)1);
- status = H5Tset_tag(tid, "1-byte opaque type"); /* must set this */
- write_attr(loc_id,2,dims2,"opaque2D",tid,buf22);
- status = H5Tclose(tid);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_COMPOUND
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
- if (make_diffs)
- {
-  memset(buf32,0,sizeof buf32);
- }
-
- /*
- buf32[6]= {{1,2},{3,4},{5,6},{7,8},{9,10},{11,12}};
- $h5diff file7.h5 file6.h5 g1 g1 -v
- Attribute:   <opaque2D> and <opaque2D>
- position        opaque2D of </g1> opaque2D of </g1> difference
-------------------------------------------------------------
-[ 0 0 ]          1               0               1
-[ 0 1 ]          2               0               2
-[ 1 0 ]          3               0               3
-[ 1 1 ]          4               0               4
-[ 2 0 ]          5               0               5
-[ 2 1 ]          6               0               6
- */
-
-
- tid = H5Tcreate (H5T_COMPOUND, sizeof(s_t));
- H5Tinsert(tid, "a", HOFFSET(s_t, a), H5T_NATIVE_CHAR);
- H5Tinsert(tid, "b", HOFFSET(s_t, b), H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE);
- write_attr(loc_id,2,dims2,"compound2D",tid,buf32);
- status = H5Tclose(tid);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_REFERENCE (H5R_OBJECT object reference)
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
- /* Create references to dataset */
- if (dset_name)
- {
-  for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
-   for (j = 0; j < 2; j++) {
-    status=H5Rcreate(&buf42[i][j],fid,dset_name,H5R_OBJECT,-1);
-   }
-  }
-  write_attr(loc_id,2,dims2,"reference2D",H5T_STD_REF_OBJ,buf42);
- }
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_ENUM
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
- for (i=0; i<3; i++)
-  for (j=0; j<2; j++)
-  {
-   if (make_diffs) buf452[i][j]=GREEN; else buf452[i][j]=RED;
-  }
-
-/*
-Attribute:   <enum2D> and <enum2D>
-position        enum2D of </g1> enum2D of </g1> difference
-------------------------------------------------------------
-[ 0 0 ]          RED              GREEN
-[ 0 1 ]          RED              GREEN
-[ 1 0 ]          RED              GREEN
-[ 1 1 ]          RED              GREEN
-[ 2 0 ]          RED              GREEN
-[ 2 1 ]          RED              GREEN
-*/
-
- tid = H5Tcreate(H5T_ENUM, sizeof(e_t));
- H5Tenum_insert(tid, "RED",   (val = 0, &val));
- H5Tenum_insert(tid, "GREEN", (val = 1, &val));
- write_attr(loc_id,2,dims2,"enum2D",tid,buf452);
- status = H5Tclose(tid);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_VLEN
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
- /* Allocate and initialize VL dataset to write */
- n=0;
- for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
-  for (j = 0; j < 2; j++) {
-    buf52[i][j].p = malloc((i + 1) * sizeof(int));
-    buf52[i][j].len = i + 1;
-    for (l = 0; l < i + 1; l++)
-    if (make_diffs)((int *)buf52[i][j].p)[l] = 0;
-    else ((int *)buf52[i][j].p)[l] = n++;
-  }
- }
-
- /*
- position        vlen2D of </g1> vlen2D of </g1> difference
-------------------------------------------------------------
-[ 0 1 ]          1               0               1
-[ 1 0 ]          2               0               2
-[ 1 0 ]          3               0               3
-[ 1 1 ]          4               0               4
-[ 1 1 ]          5               0               5
-[ 2 0 ]          6               0               6
-[ 2 0 ]          7               0               7
-[ 2 0 ]          8               0               8
-[ 2 1 ]          9               0               9
-[ 2 1 ]          10              0               10
-[ 2 1 ]          11              0               11
-*/
-
- sid = H5Screate_simple(2, dims2, NULL);
- tid = H5Tvlen_create(H5T_NATIVE_INT);
- aid = H5Acreate2(loc_id, "vlen2D", tid, sid, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);
- status = H5Awrite(aid, tid, buf52);
- assert(status >= 0);
- status = H5Dvlen_reclaim(tid, sid, H5P_DEFAULT, buf52);
- assert(status >= 0);
- status = H5Aclose(aid);
- status = H5Tclose(tid);
- status = H5Sclose(sid);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_ARRAY
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
- if (make_diffs)
- {
-  memset(buf62,0,sizeof buf62);
- }
- /*
- buf62[6][3]= {{1,2,3},{4,5,6},{7,8,9},{10,11,12},{13,14,15},{16,17,18}};
- $h5diff file7.h5 file6.h5 g1 g1 -v
- Group:       </g1> and </g1>
-Attribute:   <array2D> and <array2D>
-position        array2D of </g1> array2D of </g1> difference
-------------------------------------------------------------
-[ 0 0 ]          1               0               1
-[ 0 0 ]          2               0               2
-[ 0 0 ]          3               0               3
-[ 0 1 ]          4               0               4
-[ 0 1 ]          5               0               5
-[ 0 1 ]          6               0               6
-[ 1 0 ]          7               0               7
-[ 1 0 ]          8               0               8
-[ 1 0 ]          9               0               9
-[ 1 1 ]          10              0               10
-[ 1 1 ]          11              0               11
-[ 1 1 ]          12              0               12
-[ 2 0 ]          13              0               13
-[ 2 0 ]          14              0               14
-[ 2 0 ]          15              0               15
-[ 2 1 ]          16              0               16
-[ 2 1 ]          17              0               17
-[ 2 1 ]          18              0               18
- */
- tid = H5Tarray_create2(H5T_NATIVE_INT, 1, dimarray);
- write_attr(loc_id, 2, dims2, "array2D", tid, buf62);
- status = H5Tclose(tid);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_INTEGER and H5T_FLOAT
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
- if (make_diffs)
- {
-  memset(buf72,0,sizeof buf72);
-  memset(buf82,0,sizeof buf82);
- }
-/*
-Attribute:   <integer2D> and <integer2D>
-position        integer2D of </g1> integer2D of </g1> difference
-------------------------------------------------------------
-[ 0 0 ]          1               0               1
-[ 0 1 ]          2               0               2
-[ 1 0 ]          3               0               3
-[ 1 1 ]          4               0               4
-[ 2 0 ]          5               0               5
-[ 2 1 ]          6               0               6
-6 differences found
-Attribute:   <float2D> and <float2D>
-position        float2D of </g1> float2D of </g1> difference
-------------------------------------------------------------
-[ 0 0 ]          1               0               1
-[ 0 1 ]          2               0               2
-[ 1 0 ]          3               0               3
-[ 1 1 ]          4               0               4
-[ 2 0 ]          5               0               5
-[ 2 1 ]          6               0               6
-*/
-
- write_attr(loc_id,2,dims2,"integer2D",H5T_NATIVE_INT,buf72);
- write_attr(loc_id,2,dims2,"float2D",H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT,buf82);
-
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * 3D attributes
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_STRING
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
- if (make_diffs)
- {
-  for (i=0; i<4; i++)
-   for (j=0; j<3; j++)
-    for (k=0; k<2; k++)
-     for (l=0; l<2; l++)
-      buf13[i][j][k][l]='z';
- }
-
- /*
- buf13[24][2]= {"ab","cd","ef","gh","ij","kl","mn","pq",
- "rs","tu","vw","xz","AB","CD","EF","GH",
- "IJ","KL","MN","PQ","RS","TU","VW","XZ"};
-
-Attribute:   <string3D> and <string3D>
-position        string3D of </g1> string3D of </g1> difference
-------------------------------------------------------------
-[ 0 0 0 ]          a                z
-[ 0 0 0 ]          b                z
-[ 0 0 1 ]          c                z
-[ 0 0 1 ]          d                z
-[ 0 1 0 ]          e                z
-[ 0 1 0 ]          f                z
-[ 0 1 1 ]          g                z
-[ 0 1 1 ]          h                z
-[ 0 2 0 ]          i                z
-[ 0 2 0 ]          j                z
-[ 0 2 1 ]          k                z
-[ 0 2 1 ]          l                z
-[ 1 0 0 ]          m                z
-[ 1 0 0 ]          n                z
-[ 1 0 1 ]          p                z
-[ 1 0 1 ]          q                z
-[ 1 1 0 ]          r                z
-[ 1 1 0 ]          s                z
-[ 1 1 1 ]          t                z
-[ 1 1 1 ]          u                z
-[ 1 2 0 ]          v                z
-[ 1 2 0 ]          w                z
-[ 1 2 1 ]          x                z
-[ 2 0 0 ]          A                z
-[ 2 0 0 ]          B                z
-[ 2 0 1 ]          C                z
-[ 2 0 1 ]          D                z
-[ 2 1 0 ]          E                z
-[ 2 1 0 ]          F                z
-[ 2 1 1 ]          G                z
-[ 2 1 1 ]          H                z
-[ 2 2 0 ]          I                z
-[ 2 2 0 ]          J                z
-[ 2 2 1 ]          K                z
-[ 2 2 1 ]          L                z
-[ 3 0 0 ]          M                z
-[ 3 0 0 ]          N                z
-[ 3 0 1 ]          P                z
-[ 3 0 1 ]          Q                z
-[ 3 1 0 ]          R                z
-[ 3 1 0 ]          S                z
-[ 3 1 1 ]          T                z
-[ 3 1 1 ]          U                z
-[ 3 2 0 ]          V                z
-[ 3 2 0 ]          W                z
-[ 3 2 1 ]          X                z
-[ 3 2 1 ]          Z                z
- */
-
- tid = H5Tcopy(H5T_C_S1);
- status  = H5Tset_size(tid, (size_t)STR_SIZE);
- write_attr(loc_id,3,dims3,"string3D",tid,buf13);
- status = H5Tclose(tid);
-
- for (i=0; i<4; i++)
-  for (j=0; j<3; j++)
-   for (k=0; k<2; k++)
-    buf13a[i][j][k]=buf13[i][j][k];
- tid = H5Tcopy(H5T_C_S1);
- status  = H5Tset_size(tid, H5T_VARIABLE);
- write_attr(loc_id,3,dims3,"VLstring3D",tid,buf13a);
- status = H5Tclose(tid);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_BITFIELD
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
- n=1;
- for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
-  for (j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
-   for (k = 0; k < 2; k++) {
-    if (make_diffs) buf23[i][j][k]=0;
-    else buf23[i][j][k]=n++;
-   }
-  }
- }
-
-/*
-position        bitfield3D of </g1> bitfield3D of </g1> difference
-------------------------------------------------------------
-[ 0 0 0 ]          1               0               1
-[ 0 0 1 ]          2               0               2
-[ 0 1 0 ]          3               0               3
-[ 0 1 1 ]          4               0               4
-[ 0 2 0 ]          5               0               5
-[ 0 2 1 ]          6               0               6
-[ 1 0 0 ]          7               0               7
-[ 1 0 1 ]          8               0               8
-[ 1 1 0 ]          9               0               9
-[ 1 1 1 ]          10              0               10
-[ 1 2 0 ]          11              0               11
-[ 1 2 1 ]          12              0               12
-[ 2 0 0 ]          13              0               13
-[ 2 0 1 ]          14              0               14
-[ 2 1 0 ]          15              0               15
-[ 2 1 1 ]          16              0               16
-[ 2 2 0 ]          17              0               17
-[ 2 2 1 ]          18              0               18
-[ 3 0 0 ]          19              0               19
-[ 3 0 1 ]          20              0               20
-[ 3 1 0 ]          21              0               21
-[ 3 1 1 ]          22              0               22
-[ 3 2 0 ]          23              0               23
-[ 3 2 1 ]          24              0               24
-*/
-
- tid = H5Tcopy(H5T_STD_B8LE);
- write_attr(loc_id,3,dims3,"bitfield3D",tid,buf23);
- status = H5Tclose(tid);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_OPAQUE
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
- tid = H5Tcreate(H5T_OPAQUE, (size_t)1);
- status = H5Tset_tag(tid, "1-byte opaque type"); /* must set this */
- write_attr(loc_id,3,dims3,"opaque3D",tid,buf23);
- status = H5Tclose(tid);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_COMPOUND
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
- n=1;
- for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
-  for (j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
-   for (k = 0; k < 2; k++) {
-    if (make_diffs) {
-     buf33[i][j][k].a=0;
-     buf33[i][j][k].b=0;
-    }
-    else {
-     buf33[i][j][k].a=n++;
-     buf33[i][j][k].b=n++;
-    }
-   }
-  }
- }
-/*position        compound3D of </g1> compound3D of </g1> difference
-------------------------------------------------------------
-[ 0 0 0 ]          1               0               1
-[ 0 0 0 ]          2               0               2
-[ 0 0 1 ]          3               0               3
-[ 0 0 1 ]          4               0               4
-[ 0 1 0 ]          5               0               5
-[ 0 1 0 ]          6               0               6
-[ 0 1 1 ]          7               0               7
-[ 0 1 1 ]          8               0               8
-[ 0 2 0 ]          9               0               9
-[ 0 2 0 ]          10              0               10
-[ 0 2 1 ]          11              0               11
-[ 0 2 1 ]          12              0               12
-[ 1 0 0 ]          13              0               13
-[ 1 0 0 ]          14              0               14
-[ 1 0 1 ]          15              0               15
-[ 1 0 1 ]          16              0               16
-[ 1 1 0 ]          17              0               17
-[ 1 1 0 ]          18              0               18
-[ 1 1 1 ]          19              0               19
-[ 1 1 1 ]          20              0               20
-[ 1 2 0 ]          21              0               21
-[ 1 2 0 ]          22              0               22
-[ 1 2 1 ]          23              0               23
-[ 1 2 1 ]          24              0               24
-[ 2 0 0 ]          25              0               25
-[ 2 0 0 ]          26              0               26
-[ 2 0 1 ]          27              0               27
-[ 2 0 1 ]          28              0               28
-[ 2 1 0 ]          29              0               29
-[ 2 1 0 ]          30              0               30
-[ 2 1 1 ]          31              0               31
-[ 2 1 1 ]          32              0               32
-[ 2 2 0 ]          33              0               33
-[ 2 2 0 ]          34              0               34
-[ 2 2 1 ]          35              0               35
-[ 2 2 1 ]          36              0               36
-[ 3 0 0 ]          37              0               37
-[ 3 0 0 ]          38              0               38
-[ 3 0 1 ]          39              0               39
-[ 3 0 1 ]          40              0               40
-[ 3 1 0 ]          41              0               41
-[ 3 1 0 ]          42              0               42
-[ 3 1 1 ]          43              0               43
-[ 3 1 1 ]          44              0               44
-[ 3 2 0 ]          45              0               45
-[ 3 2 0 ]          46              0               46
-[ 3 2 1 ]          47              0               47
-[ 3 2 1 ]          48              0               48
-*/
-
- tid = H5Tcreate (H5T_COMPOUND, sizeof(s_t));
- H5Tinsert(tid, "a", HOFFSET(s_t, a), H5T_NATIVE_CHAR);
- H5Tinsert(tid, "b", HOFFSET(s_t, b), H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE);
- write_attr(loc_id,3,dims3,"compound3D",tid,buf33);
- status = H5Tclose(tid);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_REFERENCE (H5R_OBJECT object reference)
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
- /* Create references to dataset */
- if (dset_name)
- {
-  for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
-   for (j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
-    for (k = 0; k < 2; k++)
-     status=H5Rcreate(&buf43[i][j][k],fid,dset_name,H5R_OBJECT,-1);
-   }
-  }
- write_attr(loc_id,3,dims3,"reference3D",H5T_STD_REF_OBJ,buf43);
- }
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_ENUM
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
- for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
-  for (j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
-   for (k = 0; k < 2; k++) {
-    if (make_diffs) buf453[i][j][k]=RED; else buf453[i][j][k]=GREEN;
-   }
-  }
- }
-
-/*
-position        enum3D of </g1> enum3D of </g1> difference
-------------------------------------------------------------
-[ 0 0 0 ]          GREEN            RED
-[ 0 0 1 ]          GREEN            RED
-[ 0 1 0 ]          GREEN            RED
-[ 0 1 1 ]          GREEN            RED
-[ 0 2 0 ]          GREEN            RED
-[ 0 2 1 ]          GREEN            RED
-[ 1 0 0 ]          GREEN            RED
-[ 1 0 1 ]          GREEN            RED
-[ 1 1 0 ]          GREEN            RED
-[ 1 1 1 ]          GREEN            RED
-[ 1 2 0 ]          GREEN            RED
-[ 1 2 1 ]          GREEN            RED
-[ 2 0 0 ]          GREEN            RED
-[ 2 0 1 ]          GREEN            RED
-[ 2 1 0 ]          GREEN            RED
-[ 2 1 1 ]          GREEN            RED
-[ 2 2 0 ]          GREEN            RED
-[ 2 2 1 ]          GREEN            RED
-[ 3 0 0 ]          GREEN            RED
-[ 3 0 1 ]          GREEN            RED
-[ 3 1 0 ]          GREEN            RED
-[ 3 1 1 ]          GREEN            RED
-[ 3 2 0 ]          GREEN            RED
-[ 3 2 1 ]          GREEN            RED
-*/
-
-
- tid = H5Tcreate(H5T_ENUM, sizeof(e_t));
- H5Tenum_insert(tid, "RED",   (val = 0, &val));
- H5Tenum_insert(tid, "GREEN", (val = 1, &val));
- write_attr(loc_id,3,dims3,"enum3D",tid,buf453);
- status = H5Tclose(tid);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_VLEN
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
- /* Allocate and initialize VL dataset to write */
- n=0;
- for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
-  for (j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
-   for (k = 0; k < 2; k++) {
-    buf53[i][j][k].p = malloc((i + 1) * sizeof(int));
-    buf53[i][j][k].len = i + 1;
-    for (l = 0; l < i + 1; l++)
-    if (make_diffs)((int *)buf53[i][j][k].p)[l] = 0;
-    else ((int *)buf53[i][j][k].p)[l] = n++;
-   }
-  }
- }
-/*
-position        vlen3D of </g1> vlen3D of </g1> difference
-------------------------------------------------------------
-[ 0 0 1 ]          1               0               1
-[ 0 1 0 ]          2               0               2
-[ 0 1 1 ]          3               0               3
-[ 0 2 0 ]          4               0               4
-[ 0 2 1 ]          5               0               5
-[ 1 0 0 ]          6               0               6
-[ 1 0 0 ]          7               0               7
-[ 1 0 1 ]          8               0               8
-[ 1 0 1 ]          9               0               9
-[ 1 1 0 ]          10              0               10
-etc
-*/
- sid = H5Screate_simple(3, dims3, NULL);
- tid = H5Tvlen_create(H5T_NATIVE_INT);
- aid = H5Acreate2(loc_id, "vlen3D", tid, sid, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);
- status = H5Awrite(aid, tid, buf53);
- assert(status >= 0);
- status = H5Dvlen_reclaim(tid, sid, H5P_DEFAULT, buf53);
- assert(status >= 0);
- status = H5Aclose(aid);
- status = H5Tclose(tid);
- status = H5Sclose(sid);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_ARRAY
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
- n=1;
- for (i = 0; i < 24; i++) {
-  for (j = 0; j < (int)dimarray[0]; j++) {
-    if (make_diffs) buf63[i][j]=0;
-    else buf63[i][j]=n++;
-  }
- }
- /*
- position        array3D of </g1> array3D of </g1> difference
-------------------------------------------------------------
-[ 0 0 0 ]          1               0               1
-[ 0 0 0 ]          2               0               2
-[ 0 0 0 ]          3               0               3
-[ 0 0 1 ]          4               0               4
-[ 0 0 1 ]          5               0               5
-[ 0 0 1 ]          6               0               6
-[ 0 1 0 ]          7               0               7
-etc
-*/
-
- tid = H5Tarray_create2(H5T_NATIVE_INT, 1, dimarray);
- write_attr(loc_id, 3, dims3, "array3D", tid, buf63);
- status = H5Tclose(tid);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_INTEGER and H5T_FLOAT
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
- n=1; f=1;
- for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
-  for (j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
-   for (k = 0; k < 2; k++) {
-    if (make_diffs) {
-     buf73[i][j][k]=0;
-     buf83[i][j][k]=0;
-    }
-    else {
-     buf73[i][j][k]=n++;
-     buf83[i][j][k]=f++;
-    }
-   }
-  }
- }
-
- /*
- position        integer3D of </g1> integer3D of </g1> difference
-------------------------------------------------------------
-[ 0 0 0 ]          1               0               1
-[ 0 0 1 ]          2               0               2
-[ 0 1 0 ]          3               0               3
-[ 0 1 1 ]          4               0               4
-[ 0 2 0 ]          5               0               5
-[ 0 2 1 ]          6               0               6
-[ 1 0 0 ]          7               0               7
-[ 1 0 1 ]          8               0               8
-[ 1 1 0 ]          9               0               9
-[ 1 1 1 ]          10              0               10
-etc
-*/
- write_attr(loc_id,3,dims3,"integer3D",H5T_NATIVE_INT,buf73);
- write_attr(loc_id,3,dims3,"float3D",H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT,buf83);
+    /* Compound datatype */
+    typedef struct s_t
+    {
+        char   a;
+        double b;
+    } s_t;
+    
+    typedef enum
+    {
+        RED,
+            GREEN
+    } e_t;
+    
+    hid_t   aid;
+    hid_t   sid;
+    hid_t   tid;
+    herr_t  status;
+    int     val, i, j, k, l, n;
+    float   f;
+    
+    /* create 1D attributes with dimension [2], 2 elements */
+    hsize_t    dims[1]={2};
+    char       buf1[2][STR_SIZE]= {"ab","de"};        /* string */
+    char       *buf1a[2];                             /* VL string */
+    char       buf2[2]= {1,2};                 /* bitfield, opaque */
+    s_t        buf3[2]= {{1,2},{3,4}};         /* compound */
+    hobj_ref_t buf4[2];                        /* reference */
+    e_t        buf45[2]= {RED,RED};            /* enum */
+    hvl_t      buf5[2];                        /* vlen */
+    hsize_t    dimarray[1]={3};                /* array dimension */
+    int        buf6[2][3]= {{1,2,3},{4,5,6}};  /* array */
+    int        buf7[2]= {1,2};                 /* integer */
+    float      buf8[2]= {1,2};                 /* float */
+    
+    /* create 2D attributes with dimension [3][2], 6 elements */
+    hsize_t    dims2[2]={3,2};
+    char       buf12[3][2][STR_SIZE]= {{"ab","cd"},{"ef","gh"},{"ij","kl"}};     /* string */
+    char       *buf12a[3][2];                                               /* VL string */
+    char       buf22[3][2]= {{1,2},{3,4},{5,6}};                     /* bitfield, opaque */
+    s_t        buf32[6]= {{1,2},{3,4},{5,6},{7,8},{9,10},{11,12}};   /* compound */
+    hobj_ref_t buf42[3][2];                                          /* reference */
+    e_t        buf452[3][2];                                         /* enum */
+    hvl_t      buf52[3][2];                                          /* vlen */
+    int        buf62[6][3]= {{1,2,3},{4,5,6},{7,8,9},{10,11,12},{13,14,15},{16,17,18}};  /* array */
+    int        buf72[3][2]= {{1,2},{3,4},{5,6}};                     /* integer */
+    float      buf82[3][2]= {{1,2},{3,4},{5,6}};                     /* float */
+    
+    /* create 3D attributes with dimension [4][3][2], 24 elements */
+    hsize_t    dims3[3]={4,3,2};
+    char       buf13[4][3][2][STR_SIZE]= {{{"ab","cd"},{"ef","gh"},{"ij","kl"}},
+    {{"mn","pq"},{"rs","tu"},{"vw","xz"}},
+    {{"AB","CD"},{"EF","GH"},{"IJ","KL"}},
+    {{"MN","PQ"},{"RS","TU"},{"VW","XZ"}}};  /* string */
+    char       *buf13a[4][3][2];   /* VL string */
+    char       buf23[4][3][2];    /* bitfield, opaque */
+    s_t        buf33[4][3][2];    /* compound */
+    hobj_ref_t buf43[4][3][2];    /* reference */
+    e_t        buf453[4][3][2];   /* enum */
+    hvl_t      buf53[4][3][2];    /* vlen */
+    int        buf63[24][3];      /* array */
+    int        buf73[4][3][2];    /* integer */
+    float      buf83[4][3][2];    /* float */
+    
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * 1D attributes
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_STRING
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    if (make_diffs)
+    {
+        for (i=0; i<2; i++)
+        {
+            for (j=0; j<2; j++)
+            {
+                buf1[i][j]='z';
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    /*
+    buf1[2][2]= {"ab","de"};
+    $h5diff file7.h5 file6.h5 g1 g1 -v
+    Group:       </g1> and </g1>
+    Attribute:   <string> and <string>
+    position      string of </g1>  string of </g1> difference
+    ------------------------------------------------------------
+    [ 0 ]          a                z
+    [ 0 ]          b                z
+    [ 1 ]          d                z
+    [ 1 ]          e                z
+    */
+    tid = H5Tcopy(H5T_C_S1);
+    status  = H5Tset_size(tid, (size_t)STR_SIZE);
+    write_attr(loc_id,1,dims,"string",tid,buf1);
+    status = H5Tclose(tid);
+    
+    for (i=0; i<2; i++)
+        buf1a[i]=buf1[i];
+    tid = H5Tcopy(H5T_C_S1);
+    status  = H5Tset_size(tid, H5T_VARIABLE);
+    write_attr(loc_id,1,dims,"VLstring",tid,buf1a);
+    status = H5Tclose(tid);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_BITFIELD
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    if (make_diffs)
+    {
+        for (i=0; i<2; i++)
+            buf2[i]=buf2[1]=0;
+    }
+    /*
+    buf2[2]= {1,2};
+    $h5diff file7.h5 file6.h5 g1 g1 -v
+    Group:       </g1> and </g1>
+    Attribute:   <bitfield> and <bitfield>
+    position      bitfield of </g1> bitfield of </g1> difference
+    position        opaque of </g1> opaque of </g1> difference
+    ------------------------------------------------------------
+    [ 0 ]          1               0               1
+    [ 1 ]          2               0               2
+    */
+    
+    tid = H5Tcopy(H5T_STD_B8LE);
+    write_attr(loc_id,1,dims,"bitfield",tid,buf2);
+    status = H5Tclose(tid);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_OPAQUE
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    /*
+    buf2[2]= {1,2};
+    $h5diff file7.h5 file6.h5 g1 g1 -v
+    Group:       </g1> and </g1>
+    Attribute:   <opaque> and <opaque>
+    position     opaque of </g1> opaque of </g1> difference
+    position        opaque of </g1> opaque of </g1> difference
+    ------------------------------------------------------------
+    [ 0 ]          1               0               1
+    [ 1 ]          2               0               2
+    */
+    
+    tid = H5Tcreate(H5T_OPAQUE, (size_t)1);
+    status = H5Tset_tag(tid, "1-byte opaque type"); /* must set this */
+    write_attr(loc_id,1,dims,"opaque",tid,buf2);
+    status = H5Tclose(tid);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_COMPOUND
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    if (make_diffs)
+    {
+        for (i=0; i<2; i++)
+        {
+            buf3[i].a=0; buf3[i].b=0;
+        }
+    }
+    
+    /*
+    buf3[2]= {{1,2},{3,4}};
+    $h5diff file7.h5 file6.h5 g1 g1 -v
+    Group:       </g1> and </g1>
+    Attribute:   <compound> and <compound>
+    position        compound of </g1> compound of </g1> difference
+    ------------------------------------------------------------
+    [ 0 ]          1               5               4
+    [ 0 ]          2               5               3
+    [ 1 ]          3               5               2
+    [ 1 ]          4               5               1
+    */
+    
+    tid = H5Tcreate (H5T_COMPOUND, sizeof(s_t));
+    H5Tinsert(tid, "a", HOFFSET(s_t, a), H5T_NATIVE_CHAR);
+    H5Tinsert(tid, "b", HOFFSET(s_t, b), H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE);
+    write_attr(loc_id,1,dims,"compound",tid,buf3);
+    status = H5Tclose(tid);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_REFERENCE (H5R_OBJECT object reference)
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    /* Create references to dataset */
+    if (dset_name)
+    {
+        status=H5Rcreate(&buf4[0],fid,dset_name,H5R_OBJECT,-1);
+        status=H5Rcreate(&buf4[1],fid,dset_name,H5R_OBJECT,-1);
+        write_attr(loc_id,1,dims,"reference",H5T_STD_REF_OBJ,buf4);
+    }
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_ENUM
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    if (make_diffs)
+    {
+        for (i=0; i<2; i++)
+        {
+            buf45[i]=GREEN;
+        }
+    }
+    /*
+    buf45[2]= {RED,RED};
+    $h5diff file7.h5 file6.h5 g1 g1 -v
+    Group:       </g1> and </g1>
+    Attribute:   <enum> and <enum>
+    position     enum of </g1>   enum of </g1>   difference
+    ------------------------------------------------------------
+    [ 0 ]          RED              GREEN
+    [ 1 ]          RED              GREEN
+    */
+    tid = H5Tcreate(H5T_ENUM, sizeof(e_t));
+    H5Tenum_insert(tid, "RED",   (val = 0, &val));
+    H5Tenum_insert(tid, "GREEN", (val = 1, &val));
+    write_attr(loc_id,1,dims,"enum",tid,buf45);
+    status = H5Tclose(tid);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_VLEN
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    /* Allocate and initialize VL dataset to write */
+    
+    buf5[0].len = 1;
+    buf5[0].p = malloc( 1 * sizeof(int));
+    ((int *)buf5[0].p)[0]=1;
+    buf5[1].len = 2;
+    buf5[1].p = malloc( 2 * sizeof(int));
+    ((int *)buf5[1].p)[0]=2;
+    ((int *)buf5[1].p)[1]=3;
+    
+    if (make_diffs)
+    {
+        ((int *)buf5[0].p)[0]=0;
+        ((int *)buf5[1].p)[0]=0;
+        ((int *)buf5[1].p)[1]=0;
+    }
+    /*
+    $h5diff file7.h5 file6.h5 g1 g1 -v
+    Group:       </g1> and </g1>
+    position        vlen of </g1>   vlen of </g1>   difference
+    ------------------------------------------------------------
+    [ 0 ]          1               0               1
+    [ 1 ]          2               0               2
+    [ 1 ]          3               0               3
+    */
+    
+    sid = H5Screate_simple(1, dims, NULL);
+    tid = H5Tvlen_create(H5T_NATIVE_INT);
+    aid = H5Acreate2(loc_id, "vlen", tid, sid, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);
+    status = H5Awrite(aid, tid, buf5);
+    assert(status >= 0);
+    status = H5Dvlen_reclaim(tid, sid, H5P_DEFAULT, buf5);
+    assert(status >= 0);
+    status = H5Aclose(aid);
+    status = H5Tclose(tid);
+    status = H5Sclose(sid);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_ARRAY
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    if (make_diffs)
+    {
+        for (i=0; i<2; i++)
+            for (j=0; j<3; j++)
+            {
+                buf6[i][j]=0;
+            }
+    }
+    /*
+    buf6[2][3]= {{1,2,3},{4,5,6}};
+    $h5diff file7.h5 file6.h5 g1 g1 -v
+    Group:       </g1> and </g1>
+    Attribute:   <array> and <array>
+    position        array of </g1>  array of </g1>  difference
+    ------------------------------------------------------------
+    [ 0 ]          1               0               1
+    [ 0 ]          2               0               2
+    [ 0 ]          3               0               3
+    [ 1 ]          4               0               4
+    [ 1 ]          5               0               5
+    [ 1 ]          6               0               6
+    */
+    tid = H5Tarray_create2(H5T_NATIVE_INT, 1, dimarray);
+    write_attr(loc_id, 1, dims, "array", tid, buf6);
+    status = H5Tclose(tid);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_INTEGER and H5T_FLOAT
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    if (make_diffs)
+    {
+        for (i=0; i<2; i++)
+        {
+            buf7[i]=0;
+            buf8[i]=0;
+        }
+    }
+    /*
+    buf7[2]= {1,2};
+    buf8[2]= {1,2};
+    $h5diff file7.h5 file6.h5 g1 g1 -v
+    Group:       </g1> and </g1>
+    position        integer of </g1> integer of </g1> difference
+    ------------------------------------------------------------
+    [ 0 ]          1               0               1
+    [ 1 ]          2               0               2
+    position        float of </g1>  float of </g1>  difference
+    ------------------------------------------------------------
+    [ 0 ]          1               0               1
+    [ 1 ]          2               0               2
+    */
+    write_attr(loc_id,1,dims,"integer",H5T_NATIVE_INT,buf7);
+    write_attr(loc_id,1,dims,"float",H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT,buf8);
+    
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * 2D attributes
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_STRING
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    if (make_diffs)
+    {
+        for (i=0; i<3; i++)
+            for (j=0; j<2; j++)
+                for (k=0; k<2; k++)
+                    buf12[i][j][k]='z';
+    }
+    
+    /*
+    buf12[6][2]= {"ab","cd","ef","gh","ij","kl"};
+    $h5diff file7.h5 file6.h5 g1 g1 -v
+    Attribute:   <string2D> and <string2D>
+    position        string2D of </g1> string2D of </g1> difference
+    ------------------------------------------------------------
+    [ 0 0 ]          a                z
+    [ 0 0 ]          b                z
+    [ 0 1 ]          c                z
+    [ 0 1 ]          d                z
+    [ 1 0 ]          e                z
+    [ 1 0 ]          f                z
+    [ 1 1 ]          g                z
+    [ 1 1 ]          h                z
+    [ 2 0 ]          i                z
+    [ 2 0 ]          j                z
+    [ 2 1 ]          k                z
+    [ 2 1 ]          l                z
+    */
+    
+    tid = H5Tcopy(H5T_C_S1);
+    status  = H5Tset_size(tid, (size_t)STR_SIZE);
+    write_attr(loc_id,2,dims2,"string2D",tid,buf12);
+    status = H5Tclose(tid);
+    
+    for (i=0; i<3; i++)
+    {
+        for (j=0; j<2; j++)
+        {
+            
+            buf12a[i][j]=buf12[i][j];
+        }
+    }
+    tid = H5Tcopy(H5T_C_S1);
+    status  = H5Tset_size(tid, H5T_VARIABLE);
+    write_attr(loc_id,2,dims2,"VLstring2D",tid,buf12a);
+    status = H5Tclose(tid);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_BITFIELD
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    if (make_diffs)
+    {
+        memset(buf22,0,sizeof buf22);
+    }
+    
+    /*
+    buf22[3][2]= {{1,2},{3,4},{5,6}};
+    $h5diff file7.h5 file6.h5 g1 g1 -v
+    Attribute:   <bitfield2D> and <bitfield2D>
+    position        bitfield2D of </g1> bitfield2D of </g1> difference
+    ------------------------------------------------------------
+    [ 0 0 ]          1               0               1
+    [ 0 1 ]          2               0               2
+    [ 1 0 ]          3               0               3
+    [ 1 1 ]          4               0               4
+    [ 2 0 ]          5               0               5
+    [ 2 1 ]          6               0               6
+    */
+    
+    
+    tid = H5Tcopy(H5T_STD_B8LE);
+    write_attr(loc_id,2,dims2,"bitfield2D",tid,buf22);
+    status = H5Tclose(tid);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_OPAQUE
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    /*
+    buf22[3][2]= {{1,2},{3,4},{5,6}};
+    $h5diff file7.h5 file6.h5 g1 g1 -v
+    Attribute:   <opaque2D> and <opaque2D>
+    position        opaque2D of </g1> opaque2D of </g1> difference
+    ------------------------------------------------------------
+    [ 0 0 ]          1               0               1
+    [ 0 1 ]          2               0               2
+    [ 1 0 ]          3               0               3
+    [ 1 1 ]          4               0               4
+    [ 2 0 ]          5               0               5
+    [ 2 1 ]          6               0               6
+    */
+    tid = H5Tcreate(H5T_OPAQUE, (size_t)1);
+    status = H5Tset_tag(tid, "1-byte opaque type"); /* must set this */
+    write_attr(loc_id,2,dims2,"opaque2D",tid,buf22);
+    status = H5Tclose(tid);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_COMPOUND
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    if (make_diffs)
+    {
+        memset(buf32,0,sizeof buf32);
+    }
+    
+    /*
+    buf32[6]= {{1,2},{3,4},{5,6},{7,8},{9,10},{11,12}};
+    $h5diff file7.h5 file6.h5 g1 g1 -v
+    Attribute:   <opaque2D> and <opaque2D>
+    position        opaque2D of </g1> opaque2D of </g1> difference
+    ------------------------------------------------------------
+    [ 0 0 ]          1               0               1
+    [ 0 1 ]          2               0               2
+    [ 1 0 ]          3               0               3
+    [ 1 1 ]          4               0               4
+    [ 2 0 ]          5               0               5
+    [ 2 1 ]          6               0               6
+    */
+    
+    
+    tid = H5Tcreate (H5T_COMPOUND, sizeof(s_t));
+    H5Tinsert(tid, "a", HOFFSET(s_t, a), H5T_NATIVE_CHAR);
+    H5Tinsert(tid, "b", HOFFSET(s_t, b), H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE);
+    write_attr(loc_id,2,dims2,"compound2D",tid,buf32);
+    status = H5Tclose(tid);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_REFERENCE (H5R_OBJECT object reference)
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    /* Create references to dataset */
+    if (dset_name)
+    {
+        for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+            for (j = 0; j < 2; j++) {
+                status=H5Rcreate(&buf42[i][j],fid,dset_name,H5R_OBJECT,-1);
+            }
+        }
+        write_attr(loc_id,2,dims2,"reference2D",H5T_STD_REF_OBJ,buf42);
+    }
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_ENUM
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    for (i=0; i<3; i++)
+    {
+        for (j=0; j<2; j++)
+        {
+            if (make_diffs) buf452[i][j]=GREEN; else buf452[i][j]=RED;
+        }
+    }
+    
+    /*
+    Attribute:   <enum2D> and <enum2D>
+    position        enum2D of </g1> enum2D of </g1> difference
+    ------------------------------------------------------------
+    [ 0 0 ]          RED              GREEN
+    [ 0 1 ]          RED              GREEN
+    [ 1 0 ]          RED              GREEN
+    [ 1 1 ]          RED              GREEN
+    [ 2 0 ]          RED              GREEN
+    [ 2 1 ]          RED              GREEN
+    */
+    
+    tid = H5Tcreate(H5T_ENUM, sizeof(e_t));
+    H5Tenum_insert(tid, "RED",   (val = 0, &val));
+    H5Tenum_insert(tid, "GREEN", (val = 1, &val));
+    write_attr(loc_id,2,dims2,"enum2D",tid,buf452);
+    status = H5Tclose(tid);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_VLEN
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    /* Allocate and initialize VL dataset to write */
+    n=0;
+    for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+        for (j = 0; j < 2; j++) {
+            buf52[i][j].p = malloc((i + 1) * sizeof(int));
+            buf52[i][j].len = i + 1;
+            for (l = 0; l < i + 1; l++)
+                if (make_diffs)((int *)buf52[i][j].p)[l] = 0;
+                else ((int *)buf52[i][j].p)[l] = n++;
+        }
+    }
+    
+    /*
+    position        vlen2D of </g1> vlen2D of </g1> difference
+    ------------------------------------------------------------
+    [ 0 1 ]          1               0               1
+    [ 1 0 ]          2               0               2
+    [ 1 0 ]          3               0               3
+    [ 1 1 ]          4               0               4
+    [ 1 1 ]          5               0               5
+    [ 2 0 ]          6               0               6
+    [ 2 0 ]          7               0               7
+    [ 2 0 ]          8               0               8
+    [ 2 1 ]          9               0               9
+    [ 2 1 ]          10              0               10
+    [ 2 1 ]          11              0               11
+    */
+    
+    sid = H5Screate_simple(2, dims2, NULL);
+    tid = H5Tvlen_create(H5T_NATIVE_INT);
+    aid = H5Acreate2(loc_id, "vlen2D", tid, sid, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);
+    status = H5Awrite(aid, tid, buf52);
+    assert(status >= 0);
+    status = H5Dvlen_reclaim(tid, sid, H5P_DEFAULT, buf52);
+    assert(status >= 0);
+    status = H5Aclose(aid);
+    status = H5Tclose(tid);
+    status = H5Sclose(sid);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_ARRAY
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    if (make_diffs)
+    {
+        memset(buf62,0,sizeof buf62);
+    }
+    /*
+    buf62[6][3]= {{1,2,3},{4,5,6},{7,8,9},{10,11,12},{13,14,15},{16,17,18}};
+    $h5diff file7.h5 file6.h5 g1 g1 -v
+    Group:       </g1> and </g1>
+    Attribute:   <array2D> and <array2D>
+    position        array2D of </g1> array2D of </g1> difference
+    ------------------------------------------------------------
+    [ 0 0 ]          1               0               1
+    [ 0 0 ]          2               0               2
+    [ 0 0 ]          3               0               3
+    [ 0 1 ]          4               0               4
+    [ 0 1 ]          5               0               5
+    [ 0 1 ]          6               0               6
+    [ 1 0 ]          7               0               7
+    [ 1 0 ]          8               0               8
+    [ 1 0 ]          9               0               9
+    [ 1 1 ]          10              0               10
+    [ 1 1 ]          11              0               11
+    [ 1 1 ]          12              0               12
+    [ 2 0 ]          13              0               13
+    [ 2 0 ]          14              0               14
+    [ 2 0 ]          15              0               15
+    [ 2 1 ]          16              0               16
+    [ 2 1 ]          17              0               17
+    [ 2 1 ]          18              0               18
+    */
+    tid = H5Tarray_create2(H5T_NATIVE_INT, 1, dimarray);
+    write_attr(loc_id, 2, dims2, "array2D", tid, buf62);
+    status = H5Tclose(tid);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_INTEGER and H5T_FLOAT
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    if (make_diffs)
+    {
+        memset(buf72,0,sizeof buf72);
+        memset(buf82,0,sizeof buf82);
+    }
+    /*
+    Attribute:   <integer2D> and <integer2D>
+    position        integer2D of </g1> integer2D of </g1> difference
+    ------------------------------------------------------------
+    [ 0 0 ]          1               0               1
+    [ 0 1 ]          2               0               2
+    [ 1 0 ]          3               0               3
+    [ 1 1 ]          4               0               4
+    [ 2 0 ]          5               0               5
+    [ 2 1 ]          6               0               6
+    6 differences found
+    Attribute:   <float2D> and <float2D>
+    position        float2D of </g1> float2D of </g1> difference
+    ------------------------------------------------------------
+    [ 0 0 ]          1               0               1
+    [ 0 1 ]          2               0               2
+    [ 1 0 ]          3               0               3
+    [ 1 1 ]          4               0               4
+    [ 2 0 ]          5               0               5
+    [ 2 1 ]          6               0               6
+    */
+    
+    write_attr(loc_id,2,dims2,"integer2D",H5T_NATIVE_INT,buf72);
+    write_attr(loc_id,2,dims2,"float2D",H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT,buf82);
+    
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * 3D attributes
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_STRING
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    if (make_diffs)
+    {
+        for (i=0; i<4; i++)
+            for (j=0; j<3; j++)
+                for (k=0; k<2; k++)
+                    for (l=0; l<2; l++)
+                        buf13[i][j][k][l]='z';
+    }
+    
+    /*
+    buf13[24][2]= {"ab","cd","ef","gh","ij","kl","mn","pq",
+    "rs","tu","vw","xz","AB","CD","EF","GH",
+    "IJ","KL","MN","PQ","RS","TU","VW","XZ"};
+    
+      Attribute:   <string3D> and <string3D>
+      position        string3D of </g1> string3D of </g1> difference
+      ------------------------------------------------------------
+      [ 0 0 0 ]          a                z
+      [ 0 0 0 ]          b                z
+      [ 0 0 1 ]          c                z
+      [ 0 0 1 ]          d                z
+      [ 0 1 0 ]          e                z
+      [ 0 1 0 ]          f                z
+      [ 0 1 1 ]          g                z
+      [ 0 1 1 ]          h                z
+      [ 0 2 0 ]          i                z
+      [ 0 2 0 ]          j                z
+      [ 0 2 1 ]          k                z
+      [ 0 2 1 ]          l                z
+      [ 1 0 0 ]          m                z
+      [ 1 0 0 ]          n                z
+      [ 1 0 1 ]          p                z
+      [ 1 0 1 ]          q                z
+      [ 1 1 0 ]          r                z
+      [ 1 1 0 ]          s                z
+      [ 1 1 1 ]          t                z
+      [ 1 1 1 ]          u                z
+      [ 1 2 0 ]          v                z
+      [ 1 2 0 ]          w                z
+      [ 1 2 1 ]          x                z
+      [ 2 0 0 ]          A                z
+      [ 2 0 0 ]          B                z
+      [ 2 0 1 ]          C                z
+      [ 2 0 1 ]          D                z
+      [ 2 1 0 ]          E                z
+      [ 2 1 0 ]          F                z
+      [ 2 1 1 ]          G                z
+      [ 2 1 1 ]          H                z
+      [ 2 2 0 ]          I                z
+      [ 2 2 0 ]          J                z
+      [ 2 2 1 ]          K                z
+      [ 2 2 1 ]          L                z
+      [ 3 0 0 ]          M                z
+      [ 3 0 0 ]          N                z
+      [ 3 0 1 ]          P                z
+      [ 3 0 1 ]          Q                z
+      [ 3 1 0 ]          R                z
+      [ 3 1 0 ]          S                z
+      [ 3 1 1 ]          T                z
+      [ 3 1 1 ]          U                z
+      [ 3 2 0 ]          V                z
+      [ 3 2 0 ]          W                z
+      [ 3 2 1 ]          X                z
+      [ 3 2 1 ]          Z                z
+    */
+    
+    tid = H5Tcopy(H5T_C_S1);
+    status  = H5Tset_size(tid, (size_t)STR_SIZE);
+    write_attr(loc_id,3,dims3,"string3D",tid,buf13);
+    status = H5Tclose(tid);
+        
+    for (i=0; i<4; i++)
+    {
+        for (j=0; j<3; j++)
+        {
+            for (k=0; k<2; k++)
+            {
+                buf13a[i][j][k]=buf13[i][j][k];
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    tid = H5Tcopy(H5T_C_S1);
+    status  = H5Tset_size(tid, H5T_VARIABLE);
+    write_attr(loc_id,3,dims3,"VLstring3D",tid,buf13a);
+    status = H5Tclose(tid);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_BITFIELD
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    n=1;
+    for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+        for (j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
+            for (k = 0; k < 2; k++) {
+                if (make_diffs) buf23[i][j][k]=0;
+                else buf23[i][j][k]=n++;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    
+    /*
+    position        bitfield3D of </g1> bitfield3D of </g1> difference
+    ------------------------------------------------------------
+    [ 0 0 0 ]          1               0               1
+    [ 0 0 1 ]          2               0               2
+    [ 0 1 0 ]          3               0               3
+    [ 0 1 1 ]          4               0               4
+    [ 0 2 0 ]          5               0               5
+    [ 0 2 1 ]          6               0               6
+    [ 1 0 0 ]          7               0               7
+    [ 1 0 1 ]          8               0               8
+    [ 1 1 0 ]          9               0               9
+    [ 1 1 1 ]          10              0               10
+    [ 1 2 0 ]          11              0               11
+    [ 1 2 1 ]          12              0               12
+    [ 2 0 0 ]          13              0               13
+    [ 2 0 1 ]          14              0               14
+    [ 2 1 0 ]          15              0               15
+    [ 2 1 1 ]          16              0               16
+    [ 2 2 0 ]          17              0               17
+    [ 2 2 1 ]          18              0               18
+    [ 3 0 0 ]          19              0               19
+    [ 3 0 1 ]          20              0               20
+    [ 3 1 0 ]          21              0               21
+    [ 3 1 1 ]          22              0               22
+    [ 3 2 0 ]          23              0               23
+    [ 3 2 1 ]          24              0               24
+    */
+    
+    tid = H5Tcopy(H5T_STD_B8LE);
+    write_attr(loc_id,3,dims3,"bitfield3D",tid,buf23);
+    status = H5Tclose(tid);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_OPAQUE
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    tid = H5Tcreate(H5T_OPAQUE, (size_t)1);
+    status = H5Tset_tag(tid, "1-byte opaque type"); /* must set this */
+    write_attr(loc_id,3,dims3,"opaque3D",tid,buf23);
+    status = H5Tclose(tid);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_COMPOUND
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    n=1;
+    for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+        for (j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
+            for (k = 0; k < 2; k++) {
+                if (make_diffs) {
+                    buf33[i][j][k].a=0;
+                    buf33[i][j][k].b=0;
+                }
+                else {
+                    buf33[i][j][k].a=n++;
+                    buf33[i][j][k].b=n++;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    /*position        compound3D of </g1> compound3D of </g1> difference
+    ------------------------------------------------------------
+    [ 0 0 0 ]          1               0               1
+    [ 0 0 0 ]          2               0               2
+    [ 0 0 1 ]          3               0               3
+    [ 0 0 1 ]          4               0               4
+    [ 0 1 0 ]          5               0               5
+    [ 0 1 0 ]          6               0               6
+    [ 0 1 1 ]          7               0               7
+    [ 0 1 1 ]          8               0               8
+    [ 0 2 0 ]          9               0               9
+    [ 0 2 0 ]          10              0               10
+    [ 0 2 1 ]          11              0               11
+    [ 0 2 1 ]          12              0               12
+    [ 1 0 0 ]          13              0               13
+    [ 1 0 0 ]          14              0               14
+    [ 1 0 1 ]          15              0               15
+    [ 1 0 1 ]          16              0               16
+    [ 1 1 0 ]          17              0               17
+    [ 1 1 0 ]          18              0               18
+    [ 1 1 1 ]          19              0               19
+    [ 1 1 1 ]          20              0               20
+    [ 1 2 0 ]          21              0               21
+    [ 1 2 0 ]          22              0               22
+    [ 1 2 1 ]          23              0               23
+    [ 1 2 1 ]          24              0               24
+    [ 2 0 0 ]          25              0               25
+    [ 2 0 0 ]          26              0               26
+    [ 2 0 1 ]          27              0               27
+    [ 2 0 1 ]          28              0               28
+    [ 2 1 0 ]          29              0               29
+    [ 2 1 0 ]          30              0               30
+    [ 2 1 1 ]          31              0               31
+    [ 2 1 1 ]          32              0               32
+    [ 2 2 0 ]          33              0               33
+    [ 2 2 0 ]          34              0               34
+    [ 2 2 1 ]          35              0               35
+    [ 2 2 1 ]          36              0               36
+    [ 3 0 0 ]          37              0               37
+    [ 3 0 0 ]          38              0               38
+    [ 3 0 1 ]          39              0               39
+    [ 3 0 1 ]          40              0               40
+    [ 3 1 0 ]          41              0               41
+    [ 3 1 0 ]          42              0               42
+    [ 3 1 1 ]          43              0               43
+    [ 3 1 1 ]          44              0               44
+    [ 3 2 0 ]          45              0               45
+    [ 3 2 0 ]          46              0               46
+    [ 3 2 1 ]          47              0               47
+    [ 3 2 1 ]          48              0               48
+    */
+    
+    tid = H5Tcreate (H5T_COMPOUND, sizeof(s_t));
+    H5Tinsert(tid, "a", HOFFSET(s_t, a), H5T_NATIVE_CHAR);
+    H5Tinsert(tid, "b", HOFFSET(s_t, b), H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE);
+    write_attr(loc_id,3,dims3,"compound3D",tid,buf33);
+    status = H5Tclose(tid);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_REFERENCE (H5R_OBJECT object reference)
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    /* Create references to dataset */
+    if (dset_name)
+    {
+        for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+            for (j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
+                for (k = 0; k < 2; k++)
+                    status=H5Rcreate(&buf43[i][j][k],fid,dset_name,H5R_OBJECT,-1);
+            }
+        }
+        write_attr(loc_id,3,dims3,"reference3D",H5T_STD_REF_OBJ,buf43);
+    }
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_ENUM
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+        for (j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
+            for (k = 0; k < 2; k++) {
+                if (make_diffs) buf453[i][j][k]=RED; else buf453[i][j][k]=GREEN;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    
+    /*
+    position        enum3D of </g1> enum3D of </g1> difference
+    ------------------------------------------------------------
+    [ 0 0 0 ]          GREEN            RED
+    [ 0 0 1 ]          GREEN            RED
+    [ 0 1 0 ]          GREEN            RED
+    [ 0 1 1 ]          GREEN            RED
+    [ 0 2 0 ]          GREEN            RED
+    [ 0 2 1 ]          GREEN            RED
+    [ 1 0 0 ]          GREEN            RED
+    [ 1 0 1 ]          GREEN            RED
+    [ 1 1 0 ]          GREEN            RED
+    [ 1 1 1 ]          GREEN            RED
+    [ 1 2 0 ]          GREEN            RED
+    [ 1 2 1 ]          GREEN            RED
+    [ 2 0 0 ]          GREEN            RED
+    [ 2 0 1 ]          GREEN            RED
+    [ 2 1 0 ]          GREEN            RED
+    [ 2 1 1 ]          GREEN            RED
+    [ 2 2 0 ]          GREEN            RED
+    [ 2 2 1 ]          GREEN            RED
+    [ 3 0 0 ]          GREEN            RED
+    [ 3 0 1 ]          GREEN            RED
+    [ 3 1 0 ]          GREEN            RED
+    [ 3 1 1 ]          GREEN            RED
+    [ 3 2 0 ]          GREEN            RED
+    [ 3 2 1 ]          GREEN            RED
+    */
+    
+    
+    tid = H5Tcreate(H5T_ENUM, sizeof(e_t));
+    H5Tenum_insert(tid, "RED",   (val = 0, &val));
+    H5Tenum_insert(tid, "GREEN", (val = 1, &val));
+    write_attr(loc_id,3,dims3,"enum3D",tid,buf453);
+    status = H5Tclose(tid);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_VLEN
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    /* Allocate and initialize VL dataset to write */
+    n=0;
+    for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+        for (j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
+            for (k = 0; k < 2; k++) {
+                buf53[i][j][k].p = malloc((i + 1) * sizeof(int));
+                buf53[i][j][k].len = i + 1;
+                for (l = 0; l < i + 1; l++)
+                    if (make_diffs)((int *)buf53[i][j][k].p)[l] = 0;
+                    else ((int *)buf53[i][j][k].p)[l] = n++;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    /*
+    position        vlen3D of </g1> vlen3D of </g1> difference
+    ------------------------------------------------------------
+    [ 0 0 1 ]          1               0               1
+    [ 0 1 0 ]          2               0               2
+    [ 0 1 1 ]          3               0               3
+    [ 0 2 0 ]          4               0               4
+    [ 0 2 1 ]          5               0               5
+    [ 1 0 0 ]          6               0               6
+    [ 1 0 0 ]          7               0               7
+    [ 1 0 1 ]          8               0               8
+    [ 1 0 1 ]          9               0               9
+    [ 1 1 0 ]          10              0               10
+    etc
+    */
+    sid = H5Screate_simple(3, dims3, NULL);
+    tid = H5Tvlen_create(H5T_NATIVE_INT);
+    aid = H5Acreate2(loc_id, "vlen3D", tid, sid, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);
+    status = H5Awrite(aid, tid, buf53);
+    assert(status >= 0);
+    status = H5Dvlen_reclaim(tid, sid, H5P_DEFAULT, buf53);
+    assert(status >= 0);
+    status = H5Aclose(aid);
+    status = H5Tclose(tid);
+    status = H5Sclose(sid);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_ARRAY
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    n=1;
+    for (i = 0; i < 24; i++) {
+        for (j = 0; j < (int)dimarray[0]; j++) {
+            if (make_diffs) buf63[i][j]=0;
+            else buf63[i][j]=n++;
+        }
+    }
+    /*
+    position        array3D of </g1> array3D of </g1> difference
+    ------------------------------------------------------------
+    [ 0 0 0 ]          1               0               1
+    [ 0 0 0 ]          2               0               2
+    [ 0 0 0 ]          3               0               3
+    [ 0 0 1 ]          4               0               4
+    [ 0 0 1 ]          5               0               5
+    [ 0 0 1 ]          6               0               6
+    [ 0 1 0 ]          7               0               7
+    etc
+    */
+    
+    tid = H5Tarray_create2(H5T_NATIVE_INT, 1, dimarray);
+    write_attr(loc_id, 3, dims3, "array3D", tid, buf63);
+    status = H5Tclose(tid);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_INTEGER and H5T_FLOAT
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    n=1; f=1;
+    for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+        for (j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
+            for (k = 0; k < 2; k++) {
+                if (make_diffs) {
+                    buf73[i][j][k]=0;
+                    buf83[i][j][k]=0;
+                }
+                else {
+                    buf73[i][j][k]=n++;
+                    buf83[i][j][k]=f++;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    
+    /*
+    position        integer3D of </g1> integer3D of </g1> difference
+    ------------------------------------------------------------
+    [ 0 0 0 ]          1               0               1
+    [ 0 0 1 ]          2               0               2
+    [ 0 1 0 ]          3               0               3
+    [ 0 1 1 ]          4               0               4
+    [ 0 2 0 ]          5               0               5
+    [ 0 2 1 ]          6               0               6
+    [ 1 0 0 ]          7               0               7
+    [ 1 0 1 ]          8               0               8
+    [ 1 1 0 ]          9               0               9
+    [ 1 1 1 ]          10              0               10
+    etc
+    */
+    write_attr(loc_id,3,dims3,"integer3D",H5T_NATIVE_INT,buf73);
+    write_attr(loc_id,3,dims3,"float3D",H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT,buf83);
 }
 
 
@@ -1820,609 +1834,670 @@ void write_dset_in(hid_t loc_id,
                    hid_t fid,
                    int make_diffs /* flag to modify data buffers */)
 {
- /* Compound datatype */
- typedef struct s_t
- {
-  char   a;
-  double b;
- } s_t;
-
- typedef enum
- {
-  RED,
-  GREEN
- } e_t;
-
- hid_t   did;
- hid_t   sid;
- hid_t   tid;
- hid_t   dcpl;
- herr_t  status;
- int     val, i, j, k, l, n;
- float   f;
- int     fillvalue=2;
-
- /* create 1D attributes with dimension [2], 2 elements */
- hsize_t    dims[1]={2};
- char       buf1[2][STR_SIZE]= {"ab","de"}; /* string */
- char       *buf1a[2];                      /* VL string */
- char       buf2[2]= {1,2};                 /* bitfield, opaque */
- s_t        buf3[2]= {{1,2},{3,4}};         /* compound */
- hobj_ref_t buf4[2];                        /* reference */
- e_t        buf45[2]= {RED,GREEN};          /* enum */
- hvl_t      buf5[2];                        /* vlen */
- hsize_t    dimarray[1]={3};                /* array dimension */
- int        buf6[2][3]= {{1,2,3},{4,5,6}};  /* array */
- int        buf7[2]= {1,2};                 /* integer */
- float      buf8[2]= {1,2};                 /* float */
-
- /* create 2D attributes with dimension [3][2], 6 elements */
- hsize_t    dims2[2]={3,2};
- char       buf12[3][2][STR_SIZE]= {{"ab","cd"},{"ef","gh"},{"ij","kl"}};     /* string */
- char       *buf12a[3][2];                                        /* VL string */
- char       buf22[3][2]= {{1,2},{3,4},{5,6}};                     /* bitfield, opaque */
- s_t        buf32[6]= {{1,2},{3,4},{5,6},{7,8},{9,10},{11,12}};   /* compound */
- hobj_ref_t buf42[3][2];                                          /* reference */
- hvl_t      buf52[3][2];                                          /* vlen */
- int        buf62[6][3]= {{1,2,3},{4,5,6},{7,8,9},{10,11,12},{13,14,15},{16,17,18}};  /* array */
- int        buf72[3][2]= {{1,2},{3,4},{5,6}};                     /* integer */
- float      buf82[3][2]= {{1,2},{3,4},{5,6}};                     /* float */
-
- /* create 3D attributes with dimension [4][3][2], 24 elements */
- hsize_t    dims3[3]={4,3,2};
- char       buf13[4][3][2][STR_SIZE]= {{{"ab","cd"},{"ef","gh"},{"ij","kl"}},
-                {{"mn","pq"},{"rs","tu"},{"vw","xz"}},
-                {{"AB","CD"},{"EF","GH"},{"IJ","KL"}},
-                {{"MN","PQ"},{"RS","TU"},{"VW","XZ"}}};  /* string */
- char       *buf13a[4][3][2];  /* VL string */
- char       buf23[4][3][2];    /* bitfield, opaque */
- s_t        buf33[4][3][2];    /* compound */
- hobj_ref_t buf43[4][3][2];    /* reference */
- hvl_t      buf53[4][3][2];    /* vlen */
- int        buf63[24][3];      /* array */
- int        buf73[4][3][2];    /* integer */
- float      buf83[4][3][2];    /* float */
-
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * 1D
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_STRING
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
-
- if (make_diffs)
- {
-  for (i=0; i<2; i++)
-   for (j=0; j<2; j++)
-    buf1[i][j]='z';
- }
-
-
- tid = H5Tcopy(H5T_C_S1);
- status  = H5Tset_size(tid,(size_t)STR_SIZE);
- write_dset(loc_id,1,dims,"string",tid,buf1);
- status = H5Tclose(tid);
-
- for (i=0; i<2; i++)
-  buf1a[i]=buf1[i];
- tid = H5Tcopy(H5T_C_S1);
- status  = H5Tset_size(tid, H5T_VARIABLE);
- write_dset(loc_id,1,dims,"VLstring",tid,buf1a);
- status = H5Tclose(tid);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_BITFIELD
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
- if (make_diffs)
- {
-  for (i=0; i<2; i++)
-   buf2[i]=buf2[1]=0;
- }
-
- tid = H5Tcopy(H5T_STD_B8LE);
- write_dset(loc_id,1,dims,"bitfield",tid,buf2);
- status = H5Tclose(tid);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_OPAQUE
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
- if (make_diffs)
- {
-  for (i=0; i<2; i++)
-  {
-   buf3[i].a=0; buf3[i].b=0;
-  }
- }
-
- tid = H5Tcreate(H5T_OPAQUE, (size_t)1);
- status = H5Tset_tag(tid, "1-byte opaque type"); /* must set this */
- write_dset(loc_id,1,dims,"opaque",tid,buf2);
- status = H5Tclose(tid);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_COMPOUND
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
-
- if (make_diffs)
- {
-  for (i=0; i<2; i++)
-  {
-   buf45[i]=GREEN;
-  }
- }
-
- tid = H5Tcreate (H5T_COMPOUND, sizeof(s_t));
- H5Tinsert(tid, "a", HOFFSET(s_t, a), H5T_NATIVE_CHAR);
- H5Tinsert(tid, "b", HOFFSET(s_t, b), H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE);
- write_dset(loc_id,1,dims,"compound",tid,buf3);
- status = H5Tclose(tid);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_REFERENCE (H5R_OBJECT object reference)
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
- /* Create references to dataset */
- if (dset_name)
- {
-  status=H5Rcreate(&buf4[0],fid,dset_name,H5R_OBJECT,-1);
-  status=H5Rcreate(&buf4[1],fid,dset_name,H5R_OBJECT,-1);
-  write_dset(loc_id,1,dims,"reference",H5T_STD_REF_OBJ,buf4);
- }
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_REFERENCE (H5R_DATASET_REGION dataset region reference)
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
- gen_datareg(fid,make_diffs);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_ENUM
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
- tid = H5Tcreate(H5T_ENUM, sizeof(e_t));
- H5Tenum_insert(tid, "RED",   (val = 0, &val));
- H5Tenum_insert(tid, "GREEN", (val = 1, &val));
- write_dset(loc_id,1,dims,"enum",tid,buf45);
- status = H5Tclose(tid);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_VLEN
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
- /* Allocate and initialize VL dataset to write */
-
- buf5[0].len = 1;
- buf5[0].p = malloc( 1 * sizeof(int));
- ((int *)buf5[0].p)[0]=1;
- buf5[1].len = 2;
- buf5[1].p = malloc( 2 * sizeof(int));
- ((int *)buf5[1].p)[0]=2;
- ((int *)buf5[1].p)[1]=3;
-
- if(make_diffs) {
-  ((int *)buf5[0].p)[0] = 0;
-  ((int *)buf5[1].p)[0] = 0;
-  ((int *)buf5[1].p)[1]=0;
- }
-
- sid = H5Screate_simple(1, dims, NULL);
- tid = H5Tvlen_create(H5T_NATIVE_INT);
- did = H5Dcreate2(loc_id, "vlen", tid, sid, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);
- status = H5Dwrite(did, tid, H5S_ALL, H5S_ALL, H5P_DEFAULT, buf5);
- assert(status >= 0);
- status = H5Dvlen_reclaim(tid, sid, H5P_DEFAULT, buf5);
- assert(status >= 0);
- status = H5Dclose(did);
- status = H5Tclose(tid);
- status = H5Sclose(sid);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_ARRAY
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
- if (make_diffs)
- {
-  for (i=0; i<2; i++)
-   for (j=0; j<3; j++)
-   {
-    buf6[i][j]=0;
-   }
- }
-
- tid = H5Tarray_create2(H5T_NATIVE_INT, 1, dimarray);
- write_dset(loc_id, 1, dims, "array", tid, buf6);
- status = H5Tclose(tid);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_INTEGER and H5T_FLOAT
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
- if (make_diffs)
- {
-  for (i=0; i<2; i++)
-  {
-   buf7[i]=0;
-   buf8[i]=0;
-  }
- }
-
- write_dset(loc_id,1,dims,"integer",H5T_NATIVE_INT,buf7);
- write_dset(loc_id,1,dims,"float",H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT,buf8);
-
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * 2D
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_STRING
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
- if (make_diffs)
- {
-  for (i=0; i<3; i++)
-   for (j=0; j<2; j++)
-    for (k=0; k<2; k++)
-     buf12[i][j][k]='z';
- }
-
-
- tid = H5Tcopy(H5T_C_S1);
- status  = H5Tset_size(tid,(size_t)STR_SIZE);
- write_dset(loc_id,2,dims2,"string2D",tid,buf12);
- status = H5Tclose(tid);
-
- for (i=0; i<3; i++)
-  for (j=0; j<2; j++)
-   buf12a[i][j]=buf12[i][j];
- tid = H5Tcopy(H5T_C_S1);
- status  = H5Tset_size(tid, H5T_VARIABLE);
- write_dset(loc_id,2,dims2,"VLstring2D",tid,buf12a);
- status = H5Tclose(tid);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_BITFIELD
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
-
- if (make_diffs)
- {
-  memset(buf22,0,sizeof buf22);
- }
-
- tid = H5Tcopy(H5T_STD_B8LE);
- write_dset(loc_id,2,dims2,"bitfield2D",tid,buf22);
- status = H5Tclose(tid);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_OPAQUE
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
- tid = H5Tcreate(H5T_OPAQUE, (size_t)1);
- status = H5Tset_tag(tid, "1-byte opaque type"); /* must set this */
- write_dset(loc_id,2,dims2,"opaque2D",tid,buf22);
- status = H5Tclose(tid);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_COMPOUND
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
- if (make_diffs)
- {
-  memset(buf32,0,sizeof buf32);
- }
-
- tid = H5Tcreate (H5T_COMPOUND, sizeof(s_t));
- H5Tinsert(tid, "a", HOFFSET(s_t, a), H5T_NATIVE_CHAR);
- H5Tinsert(tid, "b", HOFFSET(s_t, b), H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE);
- write_dset(loc_id,2,dims2,"compound2D",tid,buf32);
- status = H5Tclose(tid);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_REFERENCE (H5R_OBJECT object reference)
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
- /* Create references to dataset */
- if (dset_name)
- {
-  for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
-   for (j = 0; j < 2; j++) {
-    status=H5Rcreate(&buf42[i][j],fid,dset_name,H5R_OBJECT,-1);
-   }
-  }
-  write_dset(loc_id,2,dims2,"reference2D",H5T_STD_REF_OBJ,buf42);
- }
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_ENUM
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
- tid = H5Tcreate(H5T_ENUM, sizeof(e_t));
- H5Tenum_insert(tid, "RED",   (val = 0, &val));
- H5Tenum_insert(tid, "GREEN", (val = 1, &val));
- write_dset(loc_id,2,dims2,"enum2D",tid,0);
- status = H5Tclose(tid);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_VLEN
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
-/* Allocate and initialize VL dataset to write */
- n = 0;
- for(i = 0; i < 3; i++)
-  for(j = 0; j < 2; j++) {
-    buf52[i][j].p = malloc((i + 1) * sizeof(int));
-    buf52[i][j].len = i + 1;
-    for(l = 0; l < i + 1; l++)
-        if (make_diffs)
-            ((int *)buf52[i][j].p)[l] = 0;
-        else
-            ((int *)buf52[i][j].p)[l] = n++;
-  }
-
- sid = H5Screate_simple(2, dims2, NULL);
- tid = H5Tvlen_create(H5T_NATIVE_INT);
- did = H5Dcreate2(loc_id, "vlen2D", tid, sid, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);
- status = H5Dwrite(did, tid, H5S_ALL, H5S_ALL, H5P_DEFAULT, buf52);
- assert(status >= 0);
- status = H5Dvlen_reclaim(tid, sid, H5P_DEFAULT, buf52);
- assert(status >= 0);
- status = H5Dclose(did);
- status = H5Tclose(tid);
- status = H5Sclose(sid);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_ARRAY
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
- if (make_diffs)
- {
-  memset(buf62,0,sizeof buf62);
- }
-
-
- tid = H5Tarray_create2(H5T_NATIVE_INT, 1, dimarray);
- write_dset(loc_id, 2, dims2, "array2D", tid, buf62);
- status = H5Tclose(tid);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_INTEGER, write a fill value
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
-
- if (make_diffs) {
-  memset(buf72, 0, sizeof buf72);
-  memset(buf82, 0, sizeof buf82);
- }
-
-
- dcpl = H5Pcreate(H5P_DATASET_CREATE);
- status = H5Pset_fill_value(dcpl, H5T_NATIVE_INT, &fillvalue);
- sid = H5Screate_simple(2, dims2, NULL);
- did = H5Dcreate2(loc_id, "integer2D", H5T_NATIVE_INT, sid, H5P_DEFAULT, dcpl, H5P_DEFAULT);
- status = H5Dwrite(did, H5T_NATIVE_INT, H5S_ALL, H5S_ALL, H5P_DEFAULT, buf72);
- status = H5Pclose(dcpl);
- status = H5Dclose(did);
- status = H5Sclose(sid);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_FLOAT
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
- write_dset(loc_id,2,dims2,"float2D",H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT,buf82);
-
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * 3D
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_STRING
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
- if (make_diffs)
- {
-  for (i=0; i<4; i++)
-   for (j=0; j<3; j++)
-    for (k=0; k<2; k++)
-     for (l=0; l<2; l++)
-      buf13[i][j][k][l]='z';
- }
-
- tid = H5Tcopy(H5T_C_S1);
- status  = H5Tset_size(tid,(size_t)STR_SIZE);
- write_dset(loc_id,3,dims3,"string3D",tid,buf13);
- status = H5Tclose(tid);
-
- for (i=0; i<4; i++)
-  for (j=0; j<3; j++)
-   for (k=0; k<2; k++)
-    buf13a[i][j][k]=buf13[i][j][k];
- tid = H5Tcopy(H5T_C_S1);
- status  = H5Tset_size(tid, H5T_VARIABLE);
- write_dset(loc_id,3,dims3,"VLstring3D",tid,buf13a);
- status = H5Tclose(tid);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_BITFIELD
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
-
- n=1;
- for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
-  for (j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
-   for (k = 0; k < 2; k++) {
-    if (make_diffs) buf23[i][j][k]=0;
-    else buf23[i][j][k]=n++;
-   }
-  }
- }
-
-
- tid = H5Tcopy(H5T_STD_B8LE);
- write_dset(loc_id,3,dims3,"bitfield3D",tid,buf23);
- status = H5Tclose(tid);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_OPAQUE
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
- tid = H5Tcreate(H5T_OPAQUE, (size_t)1);
- status = H5Tset_tag(tid, "1-byte opaque type"); /* must set this */
- write_dset(loc_id,3,dims3,"opaque3D",tid,buf23);
- status = H5Tclose(tid);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_COMPOUND
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
- n=1;
- for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
-  for (j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
-   for (k = 0; k < 2; k++) {
-    if (make_diffs) {
-     buf33[i][j][k].a=0;
-     buf33[i][j][k].b=0;
+    /* Compound datatype */
+    typedef struct s_t
+    {
+        char   a;
+        double b;
+    } s_t;
+    
+    typedef enum
+    {
+        RED,
+            GREEN
+    } e_t;
+    
+    hid_t   did;
+    hid_t   sid;
+    hid_t   tid;
+    hid_t   dcpl;
+    herr_t  status;
+    int     val, i, j, k, l, n;
+    float   f;
+    int     fillvalue=2;
+    int     scalar_data = 2;
+    
+    /* create 1D attributes with dimension [2], 2 elements */
+    hsize_t    dims[1]={2};
+    char       buf1[2][STR_SIZE]= {"ab","de"}; /* string */
+    char       *buf1a[2];                      /* VL string */
+    char       buf2[2]= {1,2};                 /* bitfield, opaque */
+    s_t        buf3[2]= {{1,2},{3,4}};         /* compound */
+    hobj_ref_t buf4[2];                        /* reference */
+    e_t        buf45[2]= {RED,GREEN};          /* enum */
+    hvl_t      buf5[2];                        /* vlen */
+    hsize_t    dimarray[1]={3};                /* array dimension */
+    int        buf6[2][3]= {{1,2,3},{4,5,6}};  /* array */
+    int        buf7[2]= {1,2};                 /* integer */
+    float      buf8[2]= {1,2};                 /* float */
+    
+    /* create 2D attributes with dimension [3][2], 6 elements */
+    hsize_t    dims2[2]={3,2};
+    char       buf12[3][2][STR_SIZE]= {{"ab","cd"},{"ef","gh"},{"ij","kl"}};     /* string */
+    char       *buf12a[3][2];                                        /* VL string */
+    char       buf22[3][2]= {{1,2},{3,4},{5,6}};                     /* bitfield, opaque */
+    s_t        buf32[6]= {{1,2},{3,4},{5,6},{7,8},{9,10},{11,12}};   /* compound */
+    hobj_ref_t buf42[3][2];                                          /* reference */
+    hvl_t      buf52[3][2];                                          /* vlen */
+    int        buf62[6][3]= {{1,2,3},{4,5,6},{7,8,9},{10,11,12},{13,14,15},{16,17,18}};  /* array */
+    int        buf72[3][2]= {{1,2},{3,4},{5,6}};                     /* integer */
+    float      buf82[3][2]= {{1,2},{3,4},{5,6}};                     /* float */
+    
+    /* create 3D attributes with dimension [4][3][2], 24 elements */
+    hsize_t    dims3[3]={4,3,2};
+    char       buf13[4][3][2][STR_SIZE]= {{{"ab","cd"},{"ef","gh"},{"ij","kl"}},
+    {{"mn","pq"},{"rs","tu"},{"vw","xz"}},
+    {{"AB","CD"},{"EF","GH"},{"IJ","KL"}},
+    {{"MN","PQ"},{"RS","TU"},{"VW","XZ"}}};  /* string */
+    char       *buf13a[4][3][2];  /* VL string */
+    char       buf23[4][3][2];    /* bitfield, opaque */
+    s_t        buf33[4][3][2];    /* compound */
+    hobj_ref_t buf43[4][3][2];    /* reference */
+    hvl_t      buf53[4][3][2];    /* vlen */
+    int        buf63[24][3];      /* array */
+    int        buf73[4][3][2];    /* integer */
+    float      buf83[4][3][2];    /* float */
+    
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5S_SCALAR
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    
+    
+    if ( make_diffs )
+    {
+        
+        scalar_data = 1;
     }
-    else {
-     buf33[i][j][k].a=n++;
-     buf33[i][j][k].b=n++;
+    
+    /* create a space  */
+    sid = H5Screate(H5S_SCALAR);
+    
+    /* create a dataset */
+    did = H5Dcreate2(loc_id, "scalar", H5T_NATIVE_INT, sid, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);
+    
+    /* write */
+    H5Dwrite(did, H5T_NATIVE_INT, H5S_ALL, H5S_ALL, H5P_DEFAULT, &scalar_data);
+    
+    /* close */
+    H5Dclose(did);
+    H5Sclose(sid);
+    
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * 1D
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_STRING
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    
+    if (make_diffs)
+    {
+        for (i=0; i<2; i++)
+            for (j=0; j<2; j++)
+                buf1[i][j]='z';
     }
-   }
-  }
- }
-
-
- tid = H5Tcreate (H5T_COMPOUND, sizeof(s_t));
- H5Tinsert(tid, "a", HOFFSET(s_t, a), H5T_NATIVE_CHAR);
- H5Tinsert(tid, "b", HOFFSET(s_t, b), H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE);
- write_dset(loc_id,3,dims3,"compound3D",tid,buf33);
- status = H5Tclose(tid);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_REFERENCE (H5R_OBJECT object reference)
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
- /* Create references to dataset */
- if (dset_name)
- {
-  for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
-   for (j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
-    for (k = 0; k < 2; k++)
-     status=H5Rcreate(&buf43[i][j][k],fid,dset_name,H5R_OBJECT,-1);
-   }
-  }
- write_dset(loc_id,3,dims3,"reference3D",H5T_STD_REF_OBJ,buf43);
- }
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_ENUM
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
- tid = H5Tcreate(H5T_ENUM, sizeof(e_t));
- H5Tenum_insert(tid, "RED",   (val = 0, &val));
- H5Tenum_insert(tid, "GREEN", (val = 1, &val));
- write_dset(loc_id,3,dims3,"enum3D",tid,0);
- status = H5Tclose(tid);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_VLEN
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
- /* Allocate and initialize VL dataset to write */
- n=0;
- for(i = 0; i < 4; i++)
-  for(j = 0; j < 3; j++)
-   for(k = 0; k < 2; k++) {
-    buf53[i][j][k].p = malloc((i + 1) * sizeof(int));
-    buf53[i][j][k].len = i + 1;
-    for(l = 0; l < i + 1; l++)
-        if(make_diffs)
-            ((int *)buf53[i][j][k].p)[l] = 0;
-        else
-            ((int *)buf53[i][j][k].p)[l] = n++;
-   }
-
- sid = H5Screate_simple(3, dims3, NULL);
- tid = H5Tvlen_create(H5T_NATIVE_INT);
- did = H5Dcreate2(loc_id, "vlen3D", tid, sid, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);
- status = H5Dwrite(did, tid, H5S_ALL, H5S_ALL, H5P_DEFAULT, buf53);
- assert(status >= 0);
- status = H5Dvlen_reclaim(tid, sid, H5P_DEFAULT, buf53);
- assert(status >= 0);
- status = H5Dclose(did);
- status = H5Tclose(tid);
- status = H5Sclose(sid);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_ARRAY
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
-
- n=1;
- for (i = 0; i < 24; i++) {
-  for (j = 0; j < (int)dimarray[0]; j++) {
-    if (make_diffs) buf63[i][j]=0;
-    else buf63[i][j]=n++;
-  }
- }
-
- tid = H5Tarray_create2(H5T_NATIVE_INT, 1, dimarray);
- write_dset(loc_id, 3, dims3, "array3D", tid, buf63);
- status = H5Tclose(tid);
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * H5T_INTEGER and H5T_FLOAT
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
- n=1; f=1;
- for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
-  for (j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
-   for (k = 0; k < 2; k++) {
-    if (make_diffs) {
-     buf73[i][j][k]=0;
-     buf83[i][j][k]=0;
-    }
-    else {
-     buf73[i][j][k]=n++;
-     buf83[i][j][k]=f++;
-    }
-   }
-  }
- }
- write_dset(loc_id,3,dims3,"integer3D",H5T_NATIVE_INT,buf73);
- write_dset(loc_id,3,dims3,"float3D",H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT,buf83);
+    
+    
+    tid = H5Tcopy(H5T_C_S1);
+    status  = H5Tset_size(tid,(size_t)STR_SIZE);
+    write_dset(loc_id,1,dims,"string",tid,buf1);
+    status = H5Tclose(tid);
+    
+    for (i=0; i<2; i++)
+    {
+        buf1a[i]=buf1[i];
+    }
+    tid = H5Tcopy(H5T_C_S1);
+    status  = H5Tset_size(tid, H5T_VARIABLE);
+    write_dset(loc_id,1,dims,"VLstring",tid,buf1a);
+    status = H5Tclose(tid);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_BITFIELD
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    if (make_diffs)
+    {
+        for (i=0; i<2; i++)
+            buf2[i]=buf2[1]=0;
+    }
+    
+    tid = H5Tcopy(H5T_STD_B8LE);
+    write_dset(loc_id,1,dims,"bitfield",tid,buf2);
+    status = H5Tclose(tid);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_OPAQUE
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    if (make_diffs)
+    {
+        for (i=0; i<2; i++)
+        {
+            buf3[i].a=0; buf3[i].b=0;
+        }
+    }
+    
+    tid = H5Tcreate(H5T_OPAQUE, (size_t)1);
+    status = H5Tset_tag(tid, "1-byte opaque type"); /* must set this */
+    write_dset(loc_id,1,dims,"opaque",tid,buf2);
+    status = H5Tclose(tid);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_COMPOUND
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    
+    if (make_diffs)
+    {
+        for (i=0; i<2; i++)
+        {
+            buf45[i]=GREEN;
+        }
+    }
+    
+    tid = H5Tcreate (H5T_COMPOUND, sizeof(s_t));
+    H5Tinsert(tid, "a", HOFFSET(s_t, a), H5T_NATIVE_CHAR);
+    H5Tinsert(tid, "b", HOFFSET(s_t, b), H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE);
+    write_dset(loc_id,1,dims,"compound",tid,buf3);
+    status = H5Tclose(tid);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_REFERENCE (H5R_OBJECT object reference)
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    /* Create references to dataset */
+    if (dset_name)
+    {
+        status=H5Rcreate(&buf4[0],fid,dset_name,H5R_OBJECT,-1);
+        status=H5Rcreate(&buf4[1],fid,dset_name,H5R_OBJECT,-1);
+        write_dset(loc_id,1,dims,"reference",H5T_STD_REF_OBJ,buf4);
+    }
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_REFERENCE (H5R_DATASET_REGION dataset region reference)
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    gen_datareg(fid,make_diffs);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_ENUM
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    tid = H5Tcreate(H5T_ENUM, sizeof(e_t));
+    H5Tenum_insert(tid, "RED",   (val = 0, &val));
+    H5Tenum_insert(tid, "GREEN", (val = 1, &val));
+    write_dset(loc_id,1,dims,"enum",tid,buf45);
+    status = H5Tclose(tid);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_VLEN
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    /* Allocate and initialize VL dataset to write */
+    
+    buf5[0].len = 1;
+    buf5[0].p = malloc( 1 * sizeof(int));
+    ((int *)buf5[0].p)[0]=1;
+    buf5[1].len = 2;
+    buf5[1].p = malloc( 2 * sizeof(int));
+    ((int *)buf5[1].p)[0]=2;
+    ((int *)buf5[1].p)[1]=3;
+    
+    if(make_diffs) {
+        ((int *)buf5[0].p)[0] = 0;
+        ((int *)buf5[1].p)[0] = 0;
+        ((int *)buf5[1].p)[1]=0;
+    }
+    
+    sid = H5Screate_simple(1, dims, NULL);
+    tid = H5Tvlen_create(H5T_NATIVE_INT);
+    did = H5Dcreate2(loc_id, "vlen", tid, sid, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);
+    status = H5Dwrite(did, tid, H5S_ALL, H5S_ALL, H5P_DEFAULT, buf5);
+    assert(status >= 0);
+    status = H5Dvlen_reclaim(tid, sid, H5P_DEFAULT, buf5);
+    assert(status >= 0);
+    status = H5Dclose(did);
+    status = H5Tclose(tid);
+    status = H5Sclose(sid);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_ARRAY
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    if (make_diffs)
+    {
+        for (i=0; i<2; i++)
+            for (j=0; j<3; j++)
+            {
+                buf6[i][j]=0;
+            }
+    }
+    
+    tid = H5Tarray_create2(H5T_NATIVE_INT, 1, dimarray);
+    write_dset(loc_id, 1, dims, "array", tid, buf6);
+    status = H5Tclose(tid);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_INTEGER and H5T_FLOAT
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    if (make_diffs)
+    {
+        for (i=0; i<2; i++)
+        {
+            buf7[i]=0;
+            buf8[i]=0;
+        }
+    }
+    
+    write_dset(loc_id,1,dims,"integer",H5T_NATIVE_INT,buf7);
+    write_dset(loc_id,1,dims,"float",H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT,buf8);
+    
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * 2D
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_STRING
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    if (make_diffs)
+    {
+        for (i=0; i<3; i++)
+            for (j=0; j<2; j++)
+                for (k=0; k<2; k++)
+                    buf12[i][j][k]='z';
+    }
+    
+    
+    tid = H5Tcopy(H5T_C_S1);
+    status  = H5Tset_size(tid,(size_t)STR_SIZE);
+    write_dset(loc_id,2,dims2,"string2D",tid,buf12);
+    status = H5Tclose(tid);
+    
+    for (i=0; i<3; i++)
+    {
+        for (j=0; j<2; j++)
+        {
+            buf12a[i][j]=buf12[i][j];
+        }
+    }
+    tid = H5Tcopy(H5T_C_S1);
+    status  = H5Tset_size(tid, H5T_VARIABLE);
+    write_dset(loc_id,2,dims2,"VLstring2D",tid,buf12a);
+    status = H5Tclose(tid);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_BITFIELD
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    
+    if (make_diffs)
+    {
+        memset(buf22,0,sizeof buf22);
+    }
+    
+    tid = H5Tcopy(H5T_STD_B8LE);
+    write_dset(loc_id,2,dims2,"bitfield2D",tid,buf22);
+    status = H5Tclose(tid);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_OPAQUE
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    tid = H5Tcreate(H5T_OPAQUE, (size_t)1);
+    status = H5Tset_tag(tid, "1-byte opaque type"); /* must set this */
+    write_dset(loc_id,2,dims2,"opaque2D",tid,buf22);
+    status = H5Tclose(tid);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_COMPOUND
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    if (make_diffs)
+    {
+        memset(buf32,0,sizeof buf32);
+    }
+    
+    tid = H5Tcreate (H5T_COMPOUND, sizeof(s_t));
+    H5Tinsert(tid, "a", HOFFSET(s_t, a), H5T_NATIVE_CHAR);
+    H5Tinsert(tid, "b", HOFFSET(s_t, b), H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE);
+    write_dset(loc_id,2,dims2,"compound2D",tid,buf32);
+    status = H5Tclose(tid);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_REFERENCE (H5R_OBJECT object reference)
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    /* Create references to dataset */
+    if (dset_name)
+    {
+        for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+            for (j = 0; j < 2; j++) {
+                status=H5Rcreate(&buf42[i][j],fid,dset_name,H5R_OBJECT,-1);
+            }
+        }
+        write_dset(loc_id,2,dims2,"reference2D",H5T_STD_REF_OBJ,buf42);
+    }
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_ENUM
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    tid = H5Tcreate(H5T_ENUM, sizeof(e_t));
+    H5Tenum_insert(tid, "RED",   (val = 0, &val));
+    H5Tenum_insert(tid, "GREEN", (val = 1, &val));
+    write_dset(loc_id,2,dims2,"enum2D",tid,0);
+    status = H5Tclose(tid);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_VLEN
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    /* Allocate and initialize VL dataset to write */
+    n = 0;
+    for(i = 0; i < 3; i++)
+    {
+        for(j = 0; j < 2; j++) 
+        {
+            buf52[i][j].p = malloc((i + 1) * sizeof(int));
+            buf52[i][j].len = i + 1;
+            for(l = 0; l < i + 1; l++)
+            {
+                if (make_diffs)
+                    ((int *)buf52[i][j].p)[l] = 0;
+                else
+                    ((int *)buf52[i][j].p)[l] = n++;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    
+    sid = H5Screate_simple(2, dims2, NULL);
+    tid = H5Tvlen_create(H5T_NATIVE_INT);
+    did = H5Dcreate2(loc_id, "vlen2D", tid, sid, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);
+    status = H5Dwrite(did, tid, H5S_ALL, H5S_ALL, H5P_DEFAULT, buf52);
+    assert(status >= 0);
+    status = H5Dvlen_reclaim(tid, sid, H5P_DEFAULT, buf52);
+    assert(status >= 0);
+    status = H5Dclose(did);
+    status = H5Tclose(tid);
+    status = H5Sclose(sid);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_ARRAY
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    if (make_diffs)
+    {
+        memset(buf62,0,sizeof buf62);
+    }
+    
+    
+    tid = H5Tarray_create2(H5T_NATIVE_INT, 1, dimarray);
+    write_dset(loc_id, 2, dims2, "array2D", tid, buf62);
+    status = H5Tclose(tid);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_INTEGER, write a fill value
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    
+    if (make_diffs) 
+    {
+        memset(buf72, 0, sizeof buf72);
+        memset(buf82, 0, sizeof buf82);
+    }
+    
+    
+    dcpl = H5Pcreate(H5P_DATASET_CREATE);
+    status = H5Pset_fill_value(dcpl, H5T_NATIVE_INT, &fillvalue);
+    sid = H5Screate_simple(2, dims2, NULL);
+    did = H5Dcreate2(loc_id, "integer2D", H5T_NATIVE_INT, sid, H5P_DEFAULT, dcpl, H5P_DEFAULT);
+    status = H5Dwrite(did, H5T_NATIVE_INT, H5S_ALL, H5S_ALL, H5P_DEFAULT, buf72);
+    status = H5Pclose(dcpl);
+    status = H5Dclose(did);
+    status = H5Sclose(sid);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_FLOAT
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    write_dset(loc_id,2,dims2,"float2D",H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT,buf82);
+    
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * 3D
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_STRING
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    if (make_diffs)
+    {
+        for (i=0; i<4; i++)
+            for (j=0; j<3; j++)
+                for (k=0; k<2; k++)
+                    for (l=0; l<2; l++)
+                        buf13[i][j][k][l]='z';
+    }
+    
+    tid = H5Tcopy(H5T_C_S1);
+    status  = H5Tset_size(tid,(size_t)STR_SIZE);
+    write_dset(loc_id,3,dims3,"string3D",tid,buf13);
+    status = H5Tclose(tid);
+    
+    for (i=0; i<4; i++)
+    {
+        for (j=0; j<3; j++)
+        {
+            for (k=0; k<2; k++)
+            {
+                buf13a[i][j][k]=buf13[i][j][k];
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    tid = H5Tcopy(H5T_C_S1);
+    status  = H5Tset_size(tid, H5T_VARIABLE);
+    write_dset(loc_id,3,dims3,"VLstring3D",tid,buf13a);
+    status = H5Tclose(tid);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_BITFIELD
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    
+    n=1;
+    for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) 
+    {
+        for (j = 0; j < 3; j++) 
+        {
+            for (k = 0; k < 2; k++) 
+            {
+                if (make_diffs) 
+                    buf23[i][j][k]=0;
+                else buf23[i][j][k]=n++;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    
+    
+    tid = H5Tcopy(H5T_STD_B8LE);
+    write_dset(loc_id,3,dims3,"bitfield3D",tid,buf23);
+    status = H5Tclose(tid);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_OPAQUE
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    tid = H5Tcreate(H5T_OPAQUE, (size_t)1);
+    status = H5Tset_tag(tid, "1-byte opaque type"); /* must set this */
+    write_dset(loc_id,3,dims3,"opaque3D",tid,buf23);
+    status = H5Tclose(tid);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_COMPOUND
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    n=1;
+    for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) 
+    {
+        for (j = 0; j < 3; j++) 
+        {
+            for (k = 0; k < 2; k++) 
+            {
+                if (make_diffs) 
+                {
+                    buf33[i][j][k].a=0;
+                    buf33[i][j][k].b=0;
+                }
+                else {
+                    buf33[i][j][k].a=n++;
+                    buf33[i][j][k].b=n++;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    
+    
+    tid = H5Tcreate (H5T_COMPOUND, sizeof(s_t));
+    H5Tinsert(tid, "a", HOFFSET(s_t, a), H5T_NATIVE_CHAR);
+    H5Tinsert(tid, "b", HOFFSET(s_t, b), H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE);
+    write_dset(loc_id,3,dims3,"compound3D",tid,buf33);
+    status = H5Tclose(tid);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_REFERENCE (H5R_OBJECT object reference)
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    /* Create references to dataset */
+    if (dset_name)
+    {
+        for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+            for (j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
+                for (k = 0; k < 2; k++)
+                    status=H5Rcreate(&buf43[i][j][k],fid,dset_name,H5R_OBJECT,-1);
+            }
+        }
+        write_dset(loc_id,3,dims3,"reference3D",H5T_STD_REF_OBJ,buf43);
+    }
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_ENUM
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    tid = H5Tcreate(H5T_ENUM, sizeof(e_t));
+    H5Tenum_insert(tid, "RED",   (val = 0, &val));
+    H5Tenum_insert(tid, "GREEN", (val = 1, &val));
+    write_dset(loc_id,3,dims3,"enum3D",tid,0);
+    status = H5Tclose(tid);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_VLEN
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    /* Allocate and initialize VL dataset to write */
+    n=0;
+    for(i = 0; i < 4; i++)
+    {
+        for(j = 0; j < 3; j++)
+        {
+            for(k = 0; k < 2; k++) 
+            {
+                buf53[i][j][k].p = malloc((i + 1) * sizeof(int));
+                buf53[i][j][k].len = i + 1;
+                for(l = 0; l < i + 1; l++)
+                {
+                    if(make_diffs)
+                        ((int *)buf53[i][j][k].p)[l] = 0;
+                    else
+                        ((int *)buf53[i][j][k].p)[l] = n++;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    
+    sid = H5Screate_simple(3, dims3, NULL);
+    tid = H5Tvlen_create(H5T_NATIVE_INT);
+    did = H5Dcreate2(loc_id, "vlen3D", tid, sid, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);
+    status = H5Dwrite(did, tid, H5S_ALL, H5S_ALL, H5P_DEFAULT, buf53);
+    assert(status >= 0);
+    status = H5Dvlen_reclaim(tid, sid, H5P_DEFAULT, buf53);
+    assert(status >= 0);
+    status = H5Dclose(did);
+    status = H5Tclose(tid);
+    status = H5Sclose(sid);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_ARRAY
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    
+    
+    n=1;
+    for (i = 0; i < 24; i++) {
+        for (j = 0; j < (int)dimarray[0]; j++) {
+            if (make_diffs) buf63[i][j]=0;
+            else buf63[i][j]=n++;
+        }
+    }
+    
+    tid = H5Tarray_create2(H5T_NATIVE_INT, 1, dimarray);
+    write_dset(loc_id, 3, dims3, "array3D", tid, buf63);
+    status = H5Tclose(tid);
+    
+    /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    * H5T_INTEGER and H5T_FLOAT
+    *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+    n=1; f=1;
+    for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+        for (j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
+            for (k = 0; k < 2; k++) {
+                if (make_diffs) {
+                    buf73[i][j][k]=0;
+                    buf83[i][j][k]=0;
+                }
+                else {
+                    buf73[i][j][k]=n++;
+                    buf83[i][j][k]=f++;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    write_dset(loc_id,3,dims3,"integer3D",H5T_NATIVE_INT,buf73);
+    write_dset(loc_id,3,dims3,"float3D",H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT,buf83);
 }
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -2439,85 +2514,85 @@ static
 void gen_datareg(hid_t fid,
                  int make_diffs /* flag to modify data buffers */)
 {
- /* data dataset */
- hid_t           did1;              /* dataset ID   */
- hid_t           sid1;              /* dataspace ID  */
- hsize_t         dims1[2] = {10,10};/* dimensions */
- int             *buf;              /* dataset buffer */
- /* reference dataset */
- hid_t           did2;              /* dataset ID   */
- hid_t           sid2;              /* dataspace ID  */
- hsize_t         dims2[] = {2};     /* 2 references */
- hdset_reg_ref_t *rbuf;             /* buffer for write the references  */
- hsize_t         start[10];         /* starting location of hyperslab */
- hsize_t         count[10];         /* element count of hyperslab */
- hsize_t         coord[5][2];       /* coordinates for point selection */
- herr_t          status;
- int             i;
-
- /* allocate the buffer for write the references */
- rbuf = calloc((size_t)2, sizeof(hdset_reg_ref_t));
-
- /* allocate the buffer for write the data dataset */
- buf = malloc(10 * 10 * sizeof(int));
-
- for(i = 0; i < 10 * 10; i++)
-  buf[i] = i;
-
- /* create the data dataset */
- sid1   = H5Screate_simple(2, dims1, NULL);
- did1   = H5Dcreate2(fid, "dsetref", H5T_NATIVE_INT, sid1, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);
- status = H5Dwrite(did1, H5T_NATIVE_INT, H5S_ALL, H5S_ALL, H5P_DEFAULT, buf);
-
- /* create the reference dataset */
- sid2   = H5Screate_simple(1, dims2, NULL);
- did2   = H5Dcreate2(fid, "refreg", H5T_STD_REF_DSETREG, sid2, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);
-
- /* create the references */
- /* select hyperslab for first reference */
-
- start[0] = 2; start[1] = 2;
- count[0] = 6; count[1] = 6;
- if(make_diffs) {
-  start[0] = 0; start[1] = 0;
-  count[0] = 3; count[1] = 3;
- }
-
- status = H5Sselect_hyperslab(sid1, H5S_SELECT_SET, start, NULL, count, NULL);
- H5Sget_select_npoints(sid1);
-
- /* store first dataset region */
- status = H5Rcreate(&rbuf[0], fid, "dsetref", H5R_DATASET_REGION, sid1);
-
- /* select sequence of five points for second reference */
- coord[0][0]=6; coord[0][1]=9;
- coord[1][0]=2; coord[1][1]=2;
- coord[2][0]=8; coord[2][1]=4;
- coord[3][0]=1; coord[3][1]=6;
- coord[4][0]=2; coord[4][1]=8;
- if (make_diffs)
- {
-  coord[1][0]=3; coord[1][1]=3;
-  coord[3][0]=2; coord[3][1]=5;
-  coord[4][0]=1; coord[4][1]=7;
- }
- H5Sselect_elements(sid1,H5S_SELECT_SET,(size_t)5,(const hsize_t *)coord);
- H5Sget_select_npoints(sid1);
-
- /* store second dataset region */
- H5Rcreate(&rbuf[1],fid,"dsetref",H5R_DATASET_REGION,sid1);
-
- /* write */
- status = H5Dwrite(did2,H5T_STD_REF_DSETREG,H5S_ALL,H5S_ALL,H5P_DEFAULT,rbuf);
-
- /* close, free memory buffers */
- status = H5Dclose(did1);
- status = H5Sclose(sid1);
- status = H5Dclose(did2);
- status = H5Sclose(sid2);
- free(rbuf);
- free(buf);
-
+    /* data dataset */
+    hid_t           did1;              /* dataset ID   */
+    hid_t           sid1;              /* dataspace ID  */
+    hsize_t         dims1[2] = {10,10};/* dimensions */
+    int             *buf;              /* dataset buffer */
+    /* reference dataset */
+    hid_t           did2;              /* dataset ID   */
+    hid_t           sid2;              /* dataspace ID  */
+    hsize_t         dims2[] = {2};     /* 2 references */
+    hdset_reg_ref_t *rbuf;             /* buffer for write the references  */
+    hsize_t         start[10];         /* starting location of hyperslab */
+    hsize_t         count[10];         /* element count of hyperslab */
+    hsize_t         coord[5][2];       /* coordinates for point selection */
+    herr_t          status;
+    int             i;
+    
+    /* allocate the buffer for write the references */
+    rbuf = calloc((size_t)2, sizeof(hdset_reg_ref_t));
+    
+    /* allocate the buffer for write the data dataset */
+    buf = malloc(10 * 10 * sizeof(int));
+    
+    for(i = 0; i < 10 * 10; i++)
+        buf[i] = i;
+    
+    /* create the data dataset */
+    sid1   = H5Screate_simple(2, dims1, NULL);
+    did1   = H5Dcreate2(fid, "dsetref", H5T_NATIVE_INT, sid1, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);
+    status = H5Dwrite(did1, H5T_NATIVE_INT, H5S_ALL, H5S_ALL, H5P_DEFAULT, buf);
+    
+    /* create the reference dataset */
+    sid2   = H5Screate_simple(1, dims2, NULL);
+    did2   = H5Dcreate2(fid, "refreg", H5T_STD_REF_DSETREG, sid2, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);
+    
+    /* create the references */
+    /* select hyperslab for first reference */
+    
+    start[0] = 2; start[1] = 2;
+    count[0] = 6; count[1] = 6;
+    if(make_diffs) {
+        start[0] = 0; start[1] = 0;
+        count[0] = 3; count[1] = 3;
+    }
+    
+    status = H5Sselect_hyperslab(sid1, H5S_SELECT_SET, start, NULL, count, NULL);
+    H5Sget_select_npoints(sid1);
+    
+    /* store first dataset region */
+    status = H5Rcreate(&rbuf[0], fid, "dsetref", H5R_DATASET_REGION, sid1);
+    
+    /* select sequence of five points for second reference */
+    coord[0][0]=6; coord[0][1]=9;
+    coord[1][0]=2; coord[1][1]=2;
+    coord[2][0]=8; coord[2][1]=4;
+    coord[3][0]=1; coord[3][1]=6;
+    coord[4][0]=2; coord[4][1]=8;
+    if (make_diffs)
+    {
+        coord[1][0]=3; coord[1][1]=3;
+        coord[3][0]=2; coord[3][1]=5;
+        coord[4][0]=1; coord[4][1]=7;
+    }
+    H5Sselect_elements(sid1,H5S_SELECT_SET,(size_t)5,(const hsize_t *)coord);
+    H5Sget_select_npoints(sid1);
+    
+    /* store second dataset region */
+    H5Rcreate(&rbuf[1],fid,"dsetref",H5R_DATASET_REGION,sid1);
+    
+    /* write */
+    status = H5Dwrite(did2,H5T_STD_REF_DSETREG,H5S_ALL,H5S_ALL,H5P_DEFAULT,rbuf);
+    
+    /* close, free memory buffers */
+    status = H5Dclose(did1);
+    status = H5Sclose(sid1);
+    status = H5Dclose(did2);
+    status = H5Sclose(sid2);
+    free(rbuf);
+    free(buf);
+    
 }
 
 
@@ -2533,96 +2608,96 @@ static
 int test_hyperslab(const char *fname,
                    int make_diffs /* flag to modify data buffers */)
 {
- hid_t   did=-1;
- hid_t   fid=-1;
- hid_t   f_sid=-1;
- hid_t   m_sid=-1;
- hid_t   tid=-1;
- hid_t   dcpl=-1;
- hsize_t dims[1]={GBLL};                  /* dataset dimensions */
- hsize_t hs_size[1]={GBLL/(1024*1024)};   /* hyperslab dimensions */
- hsize_t chunk_dims[1]={GBLL/1024};       /* chunk dimensions */
- hsize_t hs_start[1];
- size_t  size;
- size_t  nelmts=(size_t)GBLL/(1024*1024); /* elements in each hyperslab */
- char    fillvalue=-1;
- char    *buf=NULL;
- int     i, j, s;
- char    c;
-
- /* create */
- fid = H5Fcreate(fname, H5F_ACC_TRUNC, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);
- if((dcpl = H5Pcreate(H5P_DATASET_CREATE)) < 0)
-  goto out;
- if(H5Pset_fill_value(dcpl, H5T_NATIVE_CHAR, &fillvalue) < 0)
-  goto out;
- if(H5Pset_chunk(dcpl, 1, chunk_dims) < 0)
-  goto out;
- if((f_sid = H5Screate_simple(1, dims, NULL)) < 0)
-  goto out;
- if((did = H5Dcreate2(fid, "big", H5T_NATIVE_CHAR, f_sid, H5P_DEFAULT, dcpl, H5P_DEFAULT)) < 0)
-  goto out;
- if((m_sid = H5Screate_simple(1, hs_size, hs_size)) < 0)
-  goto out;
- if((tid = H5Dget_type(did)) < 0)
-  goto out;
- if((size = H5Tget_size(tid)) <= 0)
-  goto out;
-
- /* create a evenly divided buffer from 0 to 127  */
- buf = (char *)HDmalloc((size_t)(nelmts * size));
- s = 1024 * 1024 / 127;
- for(i = 0, j = 0, c = 0; i < 1024 * 1024; j++, i++) {
-  if(j == s) {
-   c++;
-   j = 0;
-  }
-
-  /* set the hyperslab values */
-  HDmemset(buf, c, nelmts);
-
-  /* make a different hyperslab at this position */
-  if(make_diffs && i == 512 * 512)
-   HDmemset(buf, 0, nelmts);
-
-  hs_start[0] = i * GBLL/(1024*1024);
-  if (H5Sselect_hyperslab (f_sid,H5S_SELECT_SET,hs_start,NULL,hs_size, NULL) < 0)
-   goto out;
-
-  /* write only one hyperslab */
-  if ( i==512*512)
-  {
-   if (H5Dwrite (did,H5T_NATIVE_CHAR,m_sid,f_sid,H5P_DEFAULT,buf) < 0)
-    goto out;
-  }
-
- }
- free(buf);
- buf=NULL;
-
- /* close */
- if(H5Sclose(f_sid) < 0)
-  goto out;
- if(H5Sclose(m_sid) < 0)
-  goto out;
- if(H5Pclose(dcpl) < 0)
-  goto out;
- if(H5Dclose(did) < 0)
-  goto out;
- H5Fclose(fid);
-
- return 0;
-
+    hid_t   did=-1;
+    hid_t   fid=-1;
+    hid_t   f_sid=-1;
+    hid_t   m_sid=-1;
+    hid_t   tid=-1;
+    hid_t   dcpl=-1;
+    hsize_t dims[1]={GBLL};                  /* dataset dimensions */
+    hsize_t hs_size[1]={GBLL/(1024*1024)};   /* hyperslab dimensions */
+    hsize_t chunk_dims[1]={GBLL/1024};       /* chunk dimensions */
+    hsize_t hs_start[1];
+    size_t  size;
+    size_t  nelmts=(size_t)GBLL/(1024*1024); /* elements in each hyperslab */
+    char    fillvalue=-1;
+    char    *buf=NULL;
+    int     i, j, s;
+    char    c;
+    
+    /* create */
+    fid = H5Fcreate(fname, H5F_ACC_TRUNC, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);
+    if((dcpl = H5Pcreate(H5P_DATASET_CREATE)) < 0)
+        goto out;
+    if(H5Pset_fill_value(dcpl, H5T_NATIVE_CHAR, &fillvalue) < 0)
+        goto out;
+    if(H5Pset_chunk(dcpl, 1, chunk_dims) < 0)
+        goto out;
+    if((f_sid = H5Screate_simple(1, dims, NULL)) < 0)
+        goto out;
+    if((did = H5Dcreate2(fid, "big", H5T_NATIVE_CHAR, f_sid, H5P_DEFAULT, dcpl, H5P_DEFAULT)) < 0)
+        goto out;
+    if((m_sid = H5Screate_simple(1, hs_size, hs_size)) < 0)
+        goto out;
+    if((tid = H5Dget_type(did)) < 0)
+        goto out;
+    if((size = H5Tget_size(tid)) <= 0)
+        goto out;
+    
+    /* create a evenly divided buffer from 0 to 127  */
+    buf = (char *)HDmalloc((size_t)(nelmts * size));
+    s = 1024 * 1024 / 127;
+    for(i = 0, j = 0, c = 0; i < 1024 * 1024; j++, i++) {
+        if(j == s) {
+            c++;
+            j = 0;
+        }
+        
+        /* set the hyperslab values */
+        HDmemset(buf, c, nelmts);
+        
+        /* make a different hyperslab at this position */
+        if(make_diffs && i == 512 * 512)
+            HDmemset(buf, 0, nelmts);
+        
+        hs_start[0] = i * GBLL/(1024*1024);
+        if (H5Sselect_hyperslab (f_sid,H5S_SELECT_SET,hs_start,NULL,hs_size, NULL) < 0)
+            goto out;
+        
+        /* write only one hyperslab */
+        if ( i==512*512)
+        {
+            if (H5Dwrite (did,H5T_NATIVE_CHAR,m_sid,f_sid,H5P_DEFAULT,buf) < 0)
+                goto out;
+        }
+        
+    }
+    free(buf);
+    buf=NULL;
+    
+    /* close */
+    if(H5Sclose(f_sid) < 0)
+        goto out;
+    if(H5Sclose(m_sid) < 0)
+        goto out;
+    if(H5Pclose(dcpl) < 0)
+        goto out;
+    if(H5Dclose(did) < 0)
+        goto out;
+    H5Fclose(fid);
+    
+    return 0;
+    
 out:
- H5E_BEGIN_TRY {
-  H5Pclose(dcpl);
-  H5Sclose(f_sid);
-  H5Sclose(m_sid);
-  H5Dclose(did);
-  H5Fclose(fid);
- } H5E_END_TRY;
- return -1;
-
+    H5E_BEGIN_TRY {
+        H5Pclose(dcpl);
+        H5Sclose(f_sid);
+        H5Sclose(m_sid);
+        H5Dclose(did);
+        H5Fclose(fid);
+    } H5E_END_TRY;
+    return -1;
+    
 }
 
 
diff --git a/tools/h5diff/testfiles/h5diff_58.txt b/tools/h5diff/testfiles/h5diff_58.txt
index 1ea2493..c46cad3 100644
--- a/tools/h5diff/testfiles/h5diff_58.txt
+++ b/tools/h5diff/testfiles/h5diff_58.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 dataset: </refreg> and </refreg>
-Referenced dataset      10272            10272
+Referenced dataset      10720            10720
 ------------------------------------------------------------
 Region blocks
 block #0           (2,2)-(7,7)           (0,0)-(2,2)
diff --git a/tools/h5diff/testfiles/h5diff_80.txt b/tools/h5diff/testfiles/h5diff_80.txt
index ad07ffa..9e7af5d 100644
--- a/tools/h5diff/testfiles/h5diff_80.txt
+++ b/tools/h5diff/testfiles/h5diff_80.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ file1     file2
     x      x    /g1/reference  
     x      x    /g1/reference2D
     x      x    /g1/reference3D
+    x      x    /g1/scalar     
     x      x    /g1/string     
     x      x    /g1/string2D   
     x      x    /g1/string3D   
@@ -687,6 +688,12 @@ position                                        difference
 [ 0 ]          1               0               1              
 [ 1 ]          2               0               2              
 48 differences found
+dataset: </g1/scalar> and </g1/scalar>
+size:           H5S_SCALAR           H5S_SCALAR
+position        scalar          scalar          difference          
+------------------------------------------------------------
+                2               1               1              
+1 differences found
 dataset: </g1/string> and </g1/string>
 size:           [2]           [2]
 position        string          string          difference          
@@ -854,7 +861,7 @@ position        vlen3D          vlen3D          difference
 [ 3 2 1 ]          59              0               59             
 59 differences found
 dataset: </refreg> and </refreg>
-Referenced dataset      10272            10272
+Referenced dataset      10720            10720
 ------------------------------------------------------------
 Region blocks
 block #0           (2,2)-(7,7)           (0,0)-(2,2)
diff --git a/tools/h5diff/testfiles/h5diff_dset1.h5 b/tools/h5diff/testfiles/h5diff_dset1.h5
index ab6b96f..9356552 100644
--- a/tools/h5diff/testfiles/h5diff_dset1.h5
+++ b/tools/h5diff/testfiles/h5diff_dset1.h5
diff --git a/tools/h5diff/testfiles/h5diff_dset2.h5 b/tools/h5diff/testfiles/h5diff_dset2.h5
index 3db0c8e..53e392a 100644
--- a/tools/h5diff/testfiles/h5diff_dset2.h5
+++ b/tools/h5diff/testfiles/h5diff_dset2.h5