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diff --git a/doc/html/Datatypes.html b/doc/html/Datatypes.html index bc4a9e0..71cf733 100644 --- a/doc/html/Datatypes.html +++ b/doc/html/Datatypes.html @@ -2431,13 +2431,13 @@ in the HDF5 distribution. <h2>10. Sharing Datatypes among Datasets</h2> - <p>If a file has lots of datasets which have a common datatype + <p>If a file has lots of datasets which have a common datatype, then the file could be made smaller by having all the datasets share a single datatype. Instead of storing a copy of the datatype in each dataset object header, a single datatype is stored and the object headers point to it. The space savings is - probably only significant for datasets with a compound datatype - since the simple datatypes can be described with just a few + probably only significant for datasets with a compound datatype, + since the atomic datatypes can be described with just a few bytes anyway. <p>To create a bunch of datasets that share a single datatype |