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diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt index 21e3362..32cf971 100644 --- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt +++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ New Features Configuration ------------- - CMake minimum is now 3.2.2. (ADB 2016/01/10) - + Library @@ -91,7 +91,20 @@ New Features C++ API ------- - - None + - The following C++ API wrappers have been added to the C++ Library: + // Determines if an object exists. + H5Location::exists - H5Lexists. + + // Returns the header version of an HDF5 object. + H5Object::objVersion - H5Oget_info for version + + (BMR, 2017/05/13, HDFFV-10004, HDFFV-10156) + + - New class LinkAccPropList is added for link access proprety list + (BMR, 2017/05/13, HDFFV-10156) + + - New exception ObjHeaderIException for H5O interface + (BMR, 2017/05/13, HDFFV-10156) Support for New Platforms, Languages, and Compilers @@ -126,7 +139,9 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.18 Tools ----- - - None + - Improved h5diff compare of strings and arrays. + + (ADB, 2017/05/18, HDFFV-9055, HDFFV-10128) Fortran API @@ -136,10 +151,13 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.18 C++ API ------- - - The macros H5_NO_NAMESPACE is deprecated from the HDF5 C++ API library. - In future releases, the macros H5_NO_STD and OLD_HEADER_FILENAME may - also be removed. - (BMR, 2016/10/27, HDFFV-9532) + - The class hierarchy is revised to better reflect the HDF5 model. + Class H5File is now derived from class Group instead of H5Location. + Class Attribute is now derived from H5Location instead of IdComponent. + Wrappers of H5A APIs in H5Location are now duplicated in H5Object, + the original wrappers in H5Location will be deprecated in future + releases. + (BMR, 2017/05/15, HDFFV-10156) High-Level APIs: @@ -147,20 +165,6 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.18 Packet Table APIs: ------------------ - - The high-level API Packet Table (PT) did not write data correctly when - the datatype is a compound type that has string type as one of the - members. This problem started in 1.8.15, after the fix of HDFFV-9042 - was applied, which caused the Packet Table to use native type to access - the data. It should be up to the application to specify whether the - buffer to be read into memory in the machine’s native architecture. - Thus, the PT is fixed to not use native type but to make a copy of the - user's provided datatype during creation or the packet table's datatype - during opening. If an application wishes to use native type to read the - data, then the application will request that. However, the Packet Table - doesn't provide a way to specify memory datatype in this release. This - feature will be available in future releases, HDFFV-10023. - (BMR, 2016/10/27, HDFFV-9758) - Fortran High-Level APIs: ------------------------ @@ -217,7 +221,7 @@ They are built with the configure process unless specified otherwise. Windows 7 x64 Visual Studio 2012 w/ Intel Fortran 15 (cmake) Visual Studio 2013 w/ Intel Fortran 15 (cmake) Visual Studio 2015 w/ Intel Fortran 16 (cmake) - + Windows 10 Visual Studio 2015 w/ Intel Fortran 16 (cmake) Windows 10 x64 Visual Studio 2015 w/ Intel Fortran 16 (cmake) |