summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/src/H5A.c
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'src/H5A.c')
-rw-r--r--src/H5A.c10
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/H5A.c b/src/H5A.c
index 1c75e46..666a2a8 100644
--- a/src/H5A.c
+++ b/src/H5A.c
@@ -389,14 +389,18 @@ H5A_create(const H5G_loc_t *loc, const char *name, const H5T_t *type,
/* Check if the dataspace has an extent set (or is NULL) */
if(!(H5S_has_extent(space)))
- HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL, "dataspace extent has not been set")
+ HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ATTR, H5E_BADVALUE, FAIL, "dataspace extent has not been set")
+
+ /* Check if the datatype is "sensible" for use in a dataset */
+ if(H5T_is_sensible(type) != TRUE)
+ HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ATTR, H5E_BADTYPE, FAIL, "datatype is not sensible")
/* Build the attribute information */
if(NULL == (attr = H5FL_CALLOC(H5A_t)))
- HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_RESOURCE, H5E_NOSPACE, FAIL, "memory allocation failed for attribute info")
+ HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ATTR, H5E_CANTALLOC, FAIL, "memory allocation failed for attribute info")
if(NULL == (attr->shared = H5FL_CALLOC(H5A_shared_t)))
- HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_FILE, H5E_NOSPACE, FAIL, "can't allocate shared attr structure")
+ HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ATTR, H5E_CANTALLOC, FAIL, "can't allocate shared attr structure")
/* If the creation property list is H5P_DEFAULT, use the default character encoding */
if(acpl_id == H5P_DEFAULT)