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diff --git a/c++/src/H5VarLenType.cpp b/c++/src/H5VarLenType.cpp
index fa3a18f..e14e1ce 100644
--- a/c++/src/H5VarLenType.cpp
+++ b/c++/src/H5VarLenType.cpp
@@ -72,6 +72,42 @@ VarLenType::VarLenType(const DataType* base_type) : DataType()
}
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Function: VarLenType overloaded constructor
+///\brief Creates an VarLenType instance by opening an HDF5 variable
+/// length datatype given its name, provided as a C char*.
+///\param dtype_name - IN: Variable length type name
+///\exception H5::DataTypeIException
+// Programmer Binh-Minh Ribler - Dec 2016
+// Description
+// In 1.10.1, this constructor was introduced and will replace the
+// existing function CommonFG::openVarLenType(const char*) to
+// improve usability.
+// -BMR, Dec 2016
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+VarLenType::VarLenType(const H5Location& loc, const char *dtype_name) : DataType()
+{
+ id = p_opentype(loc, dtype_name);
+}
+
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Function: VarLenType overloaded constructor
+///\brief Creates an VarLenType instance by opening an HDF5 variable
+/// length datatype given its name, provided as an \c H5std_string.
+///\param dtype_name - IN: Variable length type name
+///\exception H5::DataTypeIException
+// Programmer Binh-Minh Ribler - Dec 2016
+// Description
+// In 1.10.1, this constructor was introduced and will replace the
+// existing function CommonFG::openVarLenType(const H5std_string&)
+// to improve usability.
+// -BMR, Dec 2016
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+VarLenType::VarLenType(const H5Location& loc, const H5std_string& dtype_name) : DataType()
+{
+ id = p_opentype(loc, dtype_name.c_str());
+}
+
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Function: VarLenType destructor
///\brief Properly terminates access to this datatype.
// Programmer Binh-Minh Ribler - May, 2004