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| -rw-r--r-- | release_docs/RELEASE.txt | 46 |
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diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt index b17f364..061d1d8 100644 --- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt +++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -HDF5 version 1.8.20-snap7 currently under development +HDF5 version 1.8.20-snap8 currently under development ================================================================================ INTRODUCTION @@ -96,7 +96,38 @@ New Features C++ API ------- - - None + - The following C++ API wrappers have been added to the C++ Library: + + // Creates a binary object description of this datatype. + void DataType::encode() - C API H5Tencode() + + // Returns the decoded type from the binary object description. + DataType::decode() - C API H5Tdecode() + ArrayType::decode() - C API H5Tdecode() + CompType::decode() - C API H5Tdecode() + DataType::decode() - C API H5Tdecode() + EnumType::decode() - C API H5Tdecode() + FloatType::decode() - C API H5Tdecode() + IntType::decode() - C API H5Tdecode() + StrType::decode() - C API H5Tdecode() + VarLenType::decode() - C API H5Tdecode() + + // Three overloaded functions to retrieve information about an object + H5Location::getObjectInfo() - H5Oget_info()/H5Oget_info_by_name() + + (BMR - 2017/10/17, HDFFV-10175) + + - New constructors to open existing datatypes added in ArrayType, + CompType, DataType, EnumType, FloatType, IntType, StrType, and + VarLenType. + + (BMR - 2017/10/17, HDFFV-10175) + + - A document is added to the HDF5 C++ API Reference Manual to show the + mapping from a C API to C++ wrappers. It can be found from the main + page of the C++ API Reference Manual. + + (BMR - 2017/10/17, HDFFV-10151) High-Level APIs @@ -233,7 +264,16 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.19 C++ API ------- - - None + - Marked the following functions deprecated because they were moved to + class H5Object: + H5Location::createAttribute() + H5Location::openAttribute() + H5Location::attrExists() + H5Location::removeAttr() + H5Location::renameAttr() + H5Location::getNumAttrs() + + (BMR - 2017/10/17) High-Level APIs: |