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diff --git a/doc/html/Datatypes.html b/doc/html/Datatypes.html index 604b480..f0872b6 100644 --- a/doc/html/Datatypes.html +++ b/doc/html/Datatypes.html @@ -1150,7 +1150,21 @@ H5Tinsert (surf_id, "y", HOFFSET(surf_t,y), complex_id); </table> </center> - <h2>7. Sharing Data Types among Datasets</h2> + <a name="Datatypes_Enum"> </a> + <h2>7. <a href="DatatypesEnum.html">Enumeration Data Types</a></h2> + + An HDF5 enumeration data type is a 1:1 mapping between a set of + symbols and a set of integer values, and an order is imposed on + the symbols by their integer values. The symbols are passed + between the application and library as character strings and all + the values for a particular enumeration type are of the same + integer type, which is not necessarily a native type. + <p> + Details of enumeration data types and the related functions + are discussed on a separate + <a href="DatatypesEnum.html">Enumeration Data Types</a> page. + + <h2>8. Sharing Data Types among Datasets</h2> <p>If a file has lots of datasets which have a common data type then the file could be made smaller by having all the datasets @@ -1196,7 +1210,7 @@ hid_t dset4 = H5Dcreate (file, "dset4", t2, space, H5P_DEFAULT); </center> <a name="Datatypes-DataConversion"> - <h2>8. Data Conversion</h2> + <h2>9. Data Conversion</h2> </a> <p>The library is capable of converting data from one type to @@ -1553,7 +1567,6 @@ H5Tregister(H5T_PERS_SOFT, "cus2be", conversion path whether that conversion path was actually used or not. -<<<<<<< Datatypes.html <hr> @@ -1621,7 +1634,7 @@ And in this document, the </address> <!-- Created: Thu Dec 4 14:57:32 EST 1997 --> <!-- hhmts start --> -Last modified: Wed Dec 16 13:04:58 EST 1998 +Last modified: 30 April 1999 <!-- hhmts end --> |