summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/doc/html/ADGuide/RELEASE.txt
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/html/ADGuide/RELEASE.txt')
-rw-r--r--doc/html/ADGuide/RELEASE.txt14
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/html/ADGuide/RELEASE.txt b/doc/html/ADGuide/RELEASE.txt
index ccfdcdf..89363fb 100644
--- a/doc/html/ADGuide/RELEASE.txt
+++ b/doc/html/ADGuide/RELEASE.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-HDF5 version 1.5.24 released on Sat Apr 6 11:34:52 CST 2002
+HDF5 version 1.5.25 released on Thu Apr 18 08:52:28 CDT 2002
================================================================================
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.4.2
Library
-------
+ * Fixed bug where the data for several level deep nested compound &
+ variable-length datatypes used for datasets were getting corrupted when
+ written to the file. QAK - 2002/04/17
* Fixed bug where selection offset was being ignored for certain hyperslab
selections when optimized I/O was being performed. QAK - 2002/04/02
* Added serial multi-gigabyte file size test. "test/big -h" shows
@@ -156,6 +159,12 @@ Documentation
New Features
============
+ * Fill-value's behaviors for contiguous dataset have been redefined.
+ Basicly, dataset won't allocate space until it's necessary. Full details
+ are available at http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/RFC/Fill_Value, at this moment.
+ SLU - 2002/04/11
+ * Added new routine "H5Dfill" to fill a selection with a particular value
+ in memory. QAK - 2002/04/09
* A new query function H5Tget_member_index has been added for compound
and enumeration data types, to retrieve member's index by name.
SLU - 2002/04/05
@@ -252,6 +261,9 @@ New Features
* A helper script called ``h5cc'', which helps compilation of HDF5
programs, is now distributed with HDF5. See the reference manual
for information on how to use this feature.
+ * New API function H5Dset_extent. Modifies the dimensions of a dataset,
+ allows change to a lower dimension. The unused space in the file is freed.
+ PVN - 2002/03/31
Platforms Tested