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Diffstat (limited to 'src/H5Gpublic.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/H5Gpublic.h | 18 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/H5Gpublic.h b/src/H5Gpublic.h index cc3cc7d..32fc1d4 100644 --- a/src/H5Gpublic.h +++ b/src/H5Gpublic.h @@ -34,13 +34,27 @@ typedef enum H5G_link_t { H5G_LINK_SOFT = 1 } H5G_link_t; -/* An object has a certain type */ +/* + * An object has a certain type. The first few numbers are reserved for use + * internally by HDF5. Users may add their own types with higher values. The + * values are never stored in the file -- they only exist while an + * application is running. An object may satisfy the `isa' function for more + * than one type. + */ #define H5G_UNKNOWN (-1) /* Unknown object type */ #define H5G_LINK 0 /* Object is a symbolic link */ #define H5G_GROUP 1 /* Object is a group */ #define H5G_DATASET 2 /* Object is a dataset */ #define H5G_TYPE 3 /* Object is a named data type */ -#define H5G_NTYPES 4 /* THIS MUST BE LAST */ +#define H5G_RAGGED 4 /* Object is a ragged array */ +#define H5G_RESERVED_5 5 /* Reserved for future use */ +#define H5G_RESERVED_6 6 /* Reserved for future use */ +#define H5G_RESERVED_7 7 /* Reserved for future use */ + +#define H5G_NTYPES 256 /* Max possible number of types */ +#define H5G_NLIBTYPES 8 /* Number of internal types */ +#define H5G_NUSERTYPES (H5G_NTYPES-H5G_NLIBTYPES) +#define H5G_USERTYPE(X) (8+(X)) /* User defined types */ /* Information about an object */ typedef struct H5G_stat_t { |