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@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ facilitate moving easily between them.</i>
</ul>
</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</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">
-->