4 files changed, 1 insertions, 31 deletions
diff --git a/c++/src/H5Attribute.cpp b/c++/src/H5Attribute.cpp
index 7b26947..6c9b1b3 100644
--- a/c++/src/H5Attribute.cpp
+++ b/c++/src/H5Attribute.cpp
@@ -256,26 +256,6 @@ string Attribute::getName() const
    return( attr_name ); 
 }
 
-#ifndef DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Function:    Attribute::p_close (private)
-// Purpose:     Closes this attribute.
-// Exception    H5::AttributeIException
-// Description
-//              This function will be obsolete because its functionality
-//              is recently handled by the C library layer. - May, 2004
-// Programmer   Binh-Minh Ribler - 2000
-//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void Attribute::p_close() const
-{
-   herr_t ret_value = H5Aclose( id );
-   if( ret_value < 0 )
-   {
-      throw AttributeIException(0, "H5Aclose failed");
-   }
-}
-#endif // DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS
-
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Function:	Attribute destructor
 ///\brief	Properly terminates access to this attribute.
diff --git a/c++/src/H5Attribute.h b/c++/src/H5Attribute.h
index b18a6f0..8863a65 100644
--- a/c++/src/H5Attribute.h
+++ b/c++/src/H5Attribute.h
@@ -44,11 +44,6 @@ class H5_DLLCPP Attribute : public AbstractDs {
 	// Copy constructor: makes a copy of an existing Attribute object.
 	Attribute( const Attribute& original );
 
-#ifndef DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS
-	// Used by the API to appropriately close an attribute
-	virtual void p_close() const;
-#endif // DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS
-
 	// Destructor: properly terminates access to this attribute.
 	virtual ~Attribute();
 
diff --git a/c++/src/H5DataSpace.h b/c++/src/H5DataSpace.h
index 5e20730..01fb40d 100644
--- a/c++/src/H5DataSpace.h
+++ b/c++/src/H5DataSpace.h
@@ -105,11 +105,6 @@ class H5_DLLCPP DataSpace : public IdComponent {
 	// Copy constructor: makes a copy of the original DataSpace object.
 	DataSpace(const DataSpace& original);
 
-#ifndef DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS
-	// Used by the API to close the dataspace 
-	void p_close() const;
-#endif // DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS
-
 	// Destructor: properly terminates access to this dataspace.
 	virtual ~DataSpace();
 };
diff --git a/c++/src/H5Group.cpp b/c++/src/H5Group.cpp
index 71b034e..5a00922 100644
--- a/c++/src/H5Group.cpp
+++ b/c++/src/H5Group.cpp
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ Group::~Group()
     try {
         decRefCount();
     }
-    catch (Exception close_error) { // thrown by p_close
+    catch (Exception close_error) { 
         cerr << "Group::~Group - " << close_error.getDetailMsg() << endl;
     }