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Diffstat (limited to 'c++/src/H5CommonFG.cpp')
| -rw-r--r-- | c++/src/H5CommonFG.cpp | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/c++/src/H5CommonFG.cpp b/c++/src/H5CommonFG.cpp index f9311c6..dd4a419 100644 --- a/c++/src/H5CommonFG.cpp +++ b/c++/src/H5CommonFG.cpp @@ -570,8 +570,10 @@ H5std_string CommonFG::getComment( const char* name, size_t bufsize ) const // if the actual length of the comment is longer than bufsize and bufsize // was the default value, i.e., not given by the user, then call - // H5Oget_comment_by_name again with the correct value - if ((size_t)ret_value > bufsize && bufsize == 256) + // H5Oget_comment_by_name again with the correct value. + // If the call to H5Oget_comment_by_name returned an error, skip this block + // and throw an exception below. + if (ret_value >= 0 && (size_t)ret_value > bufsize && bufsize == 256) { size_t new_size = ret_value; delete []comment_C; |