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@@ -414,10 +414,12 @@ for further details. 5.3.12. Backward compatibility - The 1.4 version of the HDF5 library can be configured to enable - access to functions that were present in the 1.2 version, but removed - from the current version with the '--enable-hdf5v1_2' configure - flag. + The 1.4 version of the HDF5 library can be configured to operate + identically to the v1.2 library with the '--enable-hdf5v1_2' configure + flag. This allows existing code to be compiled with the v1.4 library + without requiring immediate changes to the application source code. + This flag will only be supported in the v1.4 branch of the library, + it will not be available in v1.5+. 5.3.13. Network stream capability The HDF5 library can be configured with a network stream file |