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diff --git a/doc/html/RM_H5T.html b/doc/html/RM_H5T.html index 7895b71..62e858b 100644 --- a/doc/html/RM_H5T.html +++ b/doc/html/RM_H5T.html @@ -1077,7 +1077,9 @@ H5Tget_overflow () toward zero. If the `offset' becomes zero and the significant bits of the datatype still hang over the edge of the new size, then the number of significant bits is decreased. - Adjusting the size of an H5T_STRING automatically sets the precision + The size set for a string should include space for the null-terminator + character, otherwise it will not be stored on (or retrieved from) disk. + Adjusting the size of an string automatically sets the precision to 8*size. A compound datatype may increase in size, but may not shrink. All datatypes must have a positive size. <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong> |