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@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ New Features
(ADB - 2020/10/27, HDFFV-10868)
+
Tools:
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- h5repack added help text for user-defined filters.
@@ -401,6 +402,17 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.10.7 release
Tools
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+ - Changed how h5dump and h5ls identify long double.
+
+ Long double support is not consistent across platforms. Tools will always
+ identify long double as 128-bit [little/big]-endian float nn-bit precision.
+ New test file created for datasets with attributes for float, double and
+ long double. In addition any unknown integer or float datatype will now
+ also show the number of bits for precision.
+ These files are also used in the java tests.
+
+ (ADB - 2021/03/24, HDFFV-11229)
+
- Fixed tools argument parsing.
Tools parsing used the length of the option from the long array to match