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Diffstat (limited to 'src/H5public.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/H5public.h | 19 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/H5public.h b/src/H5public.h index c13ec17..eb78630 100644 --- a/src/H5public.h +++ b/src/H5public.h @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ /* Version numbers */ #define H5_VERS_MAJOR 1 /* For major interface changes */ #define H5_VERS_MINOR 0 /* For minor interface changes */ -#define H5_VERS_RELEASE 23 /* For interface tweaks & bug-fixes */ +#define H5_VERS_RELEASE 24 /* For interface tweaks & bug-fixes */ #define H5_VERS_PATCH 0 /* For small groups of bug fixes */ #define H5check() H5vers_check(H5_VERS_MAJOR,H5_VERS_MINOR,\ @@ -41,18 +41,29 @@ * proper way to detect failure is something like: * * if ((dset = H5Dopen (file, name))<0) { - * fprintf (stderr, "unable to open the requested dataset\n"); + * fprintf (stderr, "unable to open the requested dataset\n"); * } */ typedef int herr_t; /* - * Boolean type. + * Boolean type. Successful return values are zero (false) or positive + * (true). The typical true value is 1 but don't bet on it. Boolean + * functions can also fail, returning a negative value as described above. + * The proper way to test for truth is: + * + * if ((retval = H5Tcommitted(type))>0) { + * printf("data type is committed\n"); + * } else if (!retval) { + * printf("data type is not committed\n"); + * } else { + * printf("error determining whether data type is committed\n"); + * } */ typedef int hbool_t; /* - * The sizes of file-objects in hdf5 have there own types defined here. On + * The sizes of file-objects in hdf5 have their own types defined here. On * most systems, these are the same as size_t and ssize_t, but on systems * with small address spaces these are defined to be larger. */ |