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diff --git a/doxygen/examples/H5E_examples.c b/doxygen/examples/H5E_examples.c
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+/* -*- c-file-style: "stroustrup" -*- */
+
+#include "hdf5.h"
+
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+int
+main(void)
+{
+    int ret_val = EXIT_SUCCESS;
+
+    //! <!-- [create] -->
+    {
+        __label__ fail_push, fail_minor, fail_major, fail_class;
+        hid_t cls, major, minor;
+
+        // register a new error class for this "application"
+        if ((cls = H5Eregister_class("Custom error class", "H5E_examples", "0.1")) == H5I_INVALID_HID) {
+            ret_val = EXIT_FAILURE;
+            goto fail_class;
+        }
+
+        // create custom major and minor error codes
+        if ((major = H5Ecreate_msg(cls, H5E_MAJOR, "Okay, Houston, we've had a problem here")) ==
+            H5I_INVALID_HID) {
+            ret_val = EXIT_FAILURE;
+            goto fail_major;
+        }
+        if ((minor = H5Ecreate_msg(cls, H5E_MINOR, "Oops!")) == H5I_INVALID_HID) {
+            ret_val = EXIT_FAILURE;
+            goto fail_minor;
+        }
+
+        // push a custom error message onto the default stack
+        if (H5Epush2(H5E_DEFAULT, __FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__, cls, major, minor, "Hello, Error!\n") <
+            0) {
+            ret_val = EXIT_FAILURE;
+            goto fail_push;
+        }
+
+        // print the default error stack
+        if (H5Eprint(H5E_DEFAULT, stderr) < 0) {
+            ret_val = EXIT_FAILURE;
+        }
+
+fail_push:
+        H5Eclose_msg(minor);
+fail_minor:
+        H5Eclose_msg(major);
+fail_major:
+        H5Eunregister_class(cls);
+fail_class:;
+    }
+    //! <!-- [create] -->
+
+    //! <!-- [read] -->
+    {
+        __label__ fail_count;
+
+        // check the number of error messages on the default stack
+        // and print what's there
+        ssize_t count = H5Eget_num(H5E_DEFAULT);
+        if (count < 0) {
+            ret_val = EXIT_FAILURE;
+            goto fail_count;
+        }
+        else if (H5Eprint(H5E_DEFAULT, stderr) < 0) {
+            ret_val = EXIT_FAILURE;
+        }
+
+fail_count:;
+    }
+    //! <!-- [read] -->
+
+    //! <!-- [update] -->
+    {
+        // pop 10 error messages off the default error stack
+        // popping off non-existent messages is OK, but might be confusing
+        if (H5Epop(H5E_DEFAULT, 10) < 0)
+            ret_val = EXIT_FAILURE;
+    }
+    //! <!-- [update] -->
+
+    //! <!-- [delete] -->
+    {
+        // clear the default error stack (for the current thread)
+        if (H5Eclear2(H5E_DEFAULT) < 0)
+            ret_val = EXIT_FAILURE;
+    }
+    //! <!-- [delete] -->
+
+    assert(ret_val == EXIT_SUCCESS);
+
+    return ret_val;
+}