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Diffstat (limited to 'src/H5Spublic.h')
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1 files changed, 24 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/H5Spublic.h b/src/H5Spublic.h index bd5a82c..d177e16 100644 --- a/src/H5Spublic.h +++ b/src/H5Spublic.h @@ -21,9 +21,30 @@ #include "H5Ipublic.h" /* Define special dataspaces for dataset I/O operations */ -#define H5S_ALL 0 /* (hid_t) */ -#define H5S_BLOCK 1 /* (hid_t) */ -#define H5S_PLIST 2 /* (hid_t) */ + +/** + * Used with @ref H5Dread and @ref H5Dwrite to indicate that the entire + * dataspace will be selected. In the case of a file dataspace, this means + * that the entire file dataspace, as defined by the dataset's dimensions, + * will be selected. In the case of a memory dataspace, this means that + * the specified file dataspace will also be used for the memory dataspace. + * Used in place of a file or memory dataspace @ref hid_t value. + */ +#define H5S_ALL 0 + +/** + * Indicates that the buffer provided in a call to @ref H5Dread or @ref H5Dwrite + * is a single contiguous block of memory, with the same number of elements + * as the file dataspace. Used in place of a memory dataspace @ref hid_t value. + */ +#define H5S_BLOCK 1 + +/** + * Used with @ref H5Dread and @ref H5Dwrite to indicate that the file dataspace + * selection was set via @ref H5Pset_dataset_io_hyperslab_selection calls. + * Used in place of a file dataspace @ref hid_t value. + */ +#define H5S_PLIST 2 #define H5S_UNLIMITED HSIZE_UNDEF /**< Value for 'unlimited' dimensions */ |