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diff --git a/doc/html/RM_H5.html b/doc/html/RM_H5.html index bf1976b..c5c1bcc 100644 --- a/doc/html/RM_H5.html +++ b/doc/html/RM_H5.html @@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ facilitate moving easily between them.</i> </ul> </td><td> </td><td valign=top> <ul> -<!--<li><a href="#Library-SetFreeListLimits">h5set_free_list_limits_f</a>--> + <li><a href="#Library-SetFreeListLimits">h5set_free_list_limits_f</a> <li><a href="#Library-GarbageCollect">h5garbage_collect_f</a> <li><a href="#Library-DontAtExit">h5dont_atexit_f</a> </ul> @@ -211,10 +211,23 @@ facilitate moving easily between them.</i> <dt><strong>Description:</strong> <dd><code>H5set_free_list_limits</code> sets size limits on all types of free lists. - Free lists are - <b><font color="red "size="+1"> - ... just what, exactly? - </font></b> + The HDF5 library uses free lists internally to manage memory. + There are three types of free lists: + <ul><li><span class=termDef>Regular</span> + free lists manage a single data structure. + <li><span class=termDef>Array</span> + free lists manage arrays of a data structure. + <li><span class=termDef>Block</span> + free lists manage blocks of bytes. + </ul> + <em>Alternate phrasing?</em>: + <ul><li><span class=termDef>Regular</span> + free lists manage data structures containing atomic data. + <li><span class=termDef>Array</span> + free lists manage data structures containing array data. + <li><span class=termDef>Block</span> + free lists manage blocks of bytes. + </ul> <p> These are global limits, but each limit applies only to free lists of the specified type. @@ -227,33 +240,26 @@ facilitate moving easily between them.</i> no limit is set for the specified type of free list. <dt><strong>Parameters:</strong> <dl> - - <dt><b><font color="red "size="+1"> - Why is <i>regular</i> quoted below? - What would be, say, <i>irregular</i>? - </font></b> - <dt><em>int</em> <code>reg_global_lim</code> - <dd>IN: The limit on all "regular" free list memory used + <dd>IN: The limit on all regular free list memory used <dt><em>int</em> <code>reg_list_lim</code> - <dd>IN: The limit on memory used in each "regular" free list + <dd>IN: The limit on memory used in each regular free list <dt><em>int</em> <code>arr_global_lim</code> - <dd>IN: The limit on all "array" free list memory used + <dd>IN: The limit on all array free list memory used <dt><em>int</em> <code>arr_list_lim</code> - <dd>IN: The limit on memory used in each "array" free list + <dd>IN: The limit on memory used in each array free list <dt><em>int</em> <code>blk_global_lim</code> - <dd>IN: The limit on all "block" free list memory used + <dd>IN: The limit on all block free list memory used <dt><em>int</em> <code>blk_list_lim</code> - <dd>IN: The limit on memory used in each "block" free list + <dd>IN: The limit on memory used in each block free list </dl> <dt><strong>Returns:</strong> <dd>Returns a non-negative value if successful; otherwise returns a negative value. -<!-- <dt><strong>Non-C API(s):</strong> <dd><a href="fortran/h5_FORTRAN.html#h5set_free_list_limits_f" target="FortranWin"><img src="Graphics/FORTRAN.gif" border=0></a> ---> <!-- + <!-- <img src="Graphics/Java.gif"> <img src="Graphics/C++.gif"> --> |