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    <title>HDF5 Software Changes</title>
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<center>
<h1>HDF5 Software Changes from Release to Release</h1>
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This document is intended to assist application developers who must keep 
an application synchroniaed with the HDF5 library or related software.

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<h2>Release 1.4.1 (current release) Versus Release 1.4.0</h2> 
<dir>
    Release 1.4.1 is a "Tools Release"; there are no API changes in the 
    underlying HDF5 library.
</dir>


<h2>Release 1.4.0 Versus Release 1.2.2</h2> 

<dir>

    Several functions were added to or removed from the HDF5 library
    in the development of Release 1.4.0.
    A few functions have been modified in minor ways.

    <h3>New Functions</h3>
        The following functions are new for Release 1.4.0 and are included in the
        <a href="../RM_H5Front.html"><cite>HDF5 Reference Manual</cite></a>.

<dir>
<pre>
herr_t <font color=red>H5Dvlen_get_buf_size</font> (hid_t dataset_id, hid_t type_id, 
           hid_t space_id, hsize_t *size);
herr_t <font color=red>H5Epush</font> (const char *file, const char *func,
           unsigned line, H5E_major_t maj, H5E_minor_t min, 
           const char *str);
hid_t <font color=red>H5Pget_driver</font> (hid_t plist_id);
void *<font color=red>H5Pget_driver_info</font> (hid_t plist_id);
herr_t <font color=red>H5Pget_dxpl_mpio</font> (hid_t dxpl_id, 
           H5FD_mpio_xfer_t *xfer_mode/*out*/);
herr_t <font color=red>H5Pget_dxpl_multi</font> (hid_t dxpl_id, 
           hid_t *memb_dxpl/*out*/);
herr_t <font color=red>H5Pget_fapl_core</font> (hid_t fapl_id, size_t *increment/*out*/,
           hbool_t *backing_store/*out*/) 
herr_t <font color=red>H5Pget_fapl_family</font> (hid_t fapl_id, 
           hsize_t *memb_size/*out*/, hid_t *memb_fapl_id/*out*/);
herr_t <font color=red>H5Pget_fapl_mpio</font> (hid_t fapl_id, MPI_Comm *comm/*out*/,
           MPI_Info *info/*out*/);
herr_t <font color=red>H5Pget_fapl_multi</font> (hid_t fapl_id, 
           H5FD_mem_t *memb_map/*out*/, hid_t *memb_fapl/*out*/, 
           char **memb_name/*out*/, haddr_t *memb_addr/*out*/, 
           hbool_t *relax/*out*/);
herr_t <font color=red>H5Pget_fapl_stream</font> (hid_t fapl_id,
           H5FD_stream_fapl_t *fapl /*out*/ );
herr_t <font color=red>H5Pget_meta_block_size</font> (hid_t fapl_id, 
           hsize_t *size/*out*/);
herr_t <font color=red>H5Pget_sieve_buf_size</font> (hid_t fapl_id, 
           hsize_t *size/*out*/);
herr_t <font color=red>H5Pset_driver</font> (hid_t plist_id, hid_t driver_id,
           const void *driver_info);
herr_t <font color=red>H5Pset_dxpl_mpio</font> (hid_t dxpl_id, 
           H5FD_mpio_xfer_t xfer_mode);
herr_t <font color=red>H5Pset_dxpl_multi</font> (hid_t dxpl_id, 
           const hid_t *memb_dxpl);
herr_t <font color=red>H5Pset_fapl_core</font> (hid_t fapl_id, size_t increment, 
           hbool_t backing_store)
herr_t <font color=red>H5Pset_fapl_family</font> (hid_t fapl_id, hsize_t memb_size,
           hid_t memb_fapl_id);
herr_t <font color=red>H5Pset_fapl_log</font> (hid_t fapl_id, char *logfile, 
           int verbosity);
herr_t <font color=red>H5Pset_fapl_mpio</font> (hid_t fapl_id, MPI_Comm comm, 
           MPI_Info info);
herr_t <font color=red>H5Pset_fapl_multi</font> (hid_t fapl_id, 
           const H5FD_mem_t *memb_map, const hid_t *memb_fapl, 
           const char **memb_name, const haddr_t *memb_addr, 
           hbool_t relax);
herr_t <font color=red>H5Pset_fapl_sec2</font> (hid_t fapl_id);
herr_t <font color=red>H5Pset_fapl_split</font> (hid_t fapl, const char *meta_ext,
           hid_t meta_plist_id, const char *raw_ext,
           hid_t raw_plist_id);
herr_t <font color=red>H5Pset_fapl_stdio</font> (hid_t fapl_id);
herr_t <font color=red>H5Pset_fapl_stream</font> (hid_t fapl_id,
           H5FD_stream_fapl_t *fapl);
herr_t <font color=red>H5Pset_meta_block_size</font>(hid_t fapl_id, hsize_t size);
herr_t <font color=red>H5Pset_sieve_buf_size</font>(hid_t fapl_id, hsize_t size);
hid_t <font color=red>H5Tarray_create</font> (hid_t base, int rank, const hsize_t dims[], 
           const int perm[])
int <font color=red>H5Tget_array_dims</font> (hid_t adtype_id, hsize_t *dims[], int *perm[])
int <font color=red>H5Tget_array_ndims</font> (hid_t adtype_id)
</pre>
</dir>


        <p>
        The following functions are new for Release 1.4.0, but 
        are intended only for use in specialized environments.
        These are also included in the
        <a href="../RM_H5Front.html"><cite>HDF5 Reference Manual</cite></a>.

<dir>
<pre>
herr_t <font color=red>H5Pget_fapl_dpss</font> (hid_t fapl_id);
herr_t <font color=red>H5Pget_fapl_gass</font> (hid_t fapl_id, GASS_Info *info/*out*/);
herr_t <font color=red>H5Pget_fapl_srb</font> (hid_t fapl_id, SRB_Info *info);
herr_t <font color=red>H5Pset_fapl_dpss</font> (hid_t fapl_id);
herr_t <font color=red>H5Pset_fapl_gass</font> (hid_t fapl_id, GASS_Info info);
herr_t <font color=red>H5Pset_fapl_srb</font> (hid_t fapl_id, SRB_Info info);
</pre>
</dir>


        <p>
        The following functions are new for Release 1.4.0 but are intended 
        only for driver development work, not for general use.  
        They are listed in the
        <a href="../TechNotes/VFLfunc.html"><cite>List of VFL Functions</cite></a>
        document in the 
        <a href="../TechNotes.html"><cite>HDF5 Technical Notes</cite></a>.
        They are described in detail only in the source code and 
        do not appear in the <cite>HDF5 Reference Manual</cite>.

<dir>
<pre>
haddr_t <font color=red>H5FDalloc</font> (H5FD_t *file, H5FD_mem_t type, 
          hsize_t size);
herr_t <font color=red>H5FDclose</font> (H5FD_t *file);
int <font color=red>H5FDcmp</font> (const H5FD_t *f1, const H5FD_t *f2);
herr_t <font color=red>H5FDflush</font> (H5FD_t *file);
herr_t <font color=red>H5FDfree</font> (H5FD_t *file, H5FD_mem_t type, 
          haddr_t addr, hsize_t size);
haddr_t <font color=red>H5FDget_eoa</font> (H5FD_t *file);
haddr_t <font color=red>H5FDget_eof</font> (H5FD_t *file);
H5FD_t *<font color=red>H5FDopen</font> (const char *name, unsigned flags, 
          hid_t fapl_id, haddr_t maxaddr);
int <font color=red>H5FDquery</font> (const H5FD_t *f, unsigned long *flags);
herr_t <font color=red>H5FDread</font> (H5FD_t *file, hid_t dxpl_id, haddr_t addr, 
          hsize_t size, void *buf/*out*/);
haddr_t <font color=red>H5FDrealloc</font> (H5FD_t *file, H5FD_mem_t type, 
          haddr_t addr, hsize_t old_size, hsize_t new_size);
hid_t <font color=red>H5FDregister</font> (const H5FD_class_t *cls);
herr_t <font color=red>H5FDset_eoa</font> (H5FD_t *file, haddr_t eof);
herr_t <font color=red>H5FDunregister</font> (hid_t driver_id);
herr_t <font color=red>H5FDwrite</font> (H5FD_t *file, H5FD_mem_t type, 
          hid_t dxpl_id, haddr_t addr, hsize_t size, 
          const void *buf);
</pre>
</dir>


    <h3>Deleted Functions</h3>
        The following functions have been removed from the HDF5 library
        and from the <cite>HDF5 Reference Manual</cite>.
        <dir>
        <table>
        <tr valign=top align=left><td>
<pre>
H5Pget_core
H5Pget_driver
H5Pget_family
H5Pget_mpi
H5Pget_sec2
H5Pget_split
H5Pget_stdio
H5Pget_xfer
</pre>
        </td><td>
        &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        </td><td>
<pre>
H5Pset_core
H5Pset_family
H5Pset_mpi
H5Pset_sec2
H5Pset_split
H5Pset_stdio
H5Pset_xfer
</pre>
        </td><td>
        &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        </td><td>
<pre>
H5RAclose
H5RAcreate
H5RAopen
H5RAread
H5RAwrite
H5Tget_member_dims
H5Tinsert_array
</pre>
        </td></tr>
        </table>
        </dir>
        Note that the entire H5RA interface, an experimental interface for 
        ragged arrays, has been removed from the library.


    <h3>Functions with Changed Syntax</h3>
        The following functions have changed slightly.
        <dir>
        <dl>
        <dt><code>H5Pget_buffer</code>
          <dd>Return type has changed to <em>hsize_t</em>.
        <dt><code>H5Pset_buffer</code>
          <dd>The type of the <code>size</code> parameter has changed 
              to <em>hsize_t</em>.
        <dt><code>H5Tconvert</code>
          <dd>The type of the <code>nelmts</code> parameter has changed 
              to <em>hsize_t</em>.
        </dl>
        </dir>

    <h3>Constants with Changed Values</h3>
        The values of the constants <code>H5P_DEFAULT</code> and 
        <code>H5S_ALL</code> have been changed from <code>-2</code>
        to <code>0</code>.   
        These default values had to be special-cased in situations where
        they could be returned to distinguish them from error values.

</dir>
<p>&nbsp;

<h2>Migration from Release 1.2.2 to Release 1.4.0 (current release) </h2> 

<dir>
    <h3>H5Tinsert_array</h3>
    The functionality of H5Tinsert_array has been replaced by H5Tcreate_array.
    Here is an example of changing code from H5Tinsert_array to H5Tcreate_array.
<pre>
V1.2.2
{
    struct tmp_struct {
        int a;
        float f[3];
        double d[2][4];
    };
    size_t f_dims[1]={3};
    size_t d_dims[2]={2,4};
    hid_t compound_type;

    compound_type=H5Tcreate(H5T_COMPOUND,sizeof(struct tmp_struct));
    H5Tinsert(compound_type,"a",HOFFSET(struct tmp_struct,a),H5T_NATIVE_INT);
    H5Tinsert_array(compound_type,"f",HOFFSET(struct tmp_struct,f),1,f_dims,NULL,H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT);
    H5Tinsert_array(compound_type,"d",HOFFSET(struct tmp_struct,d),2,d_dims,NULL,H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE);
}

V1.4.0
{
    struct tmp_struct {
        int a;
        float f[3];
        double d[2][4];
    };
    size_t f_dims[1]={3};
    size_t d_dims[2]={2,4};
    hid_t compound_type;
    hid_t array_type;

    compound_type=H5Tcreate(H5T_COMPOUND,sizeof(struct tmp_struct));
    H5Tinsert(compound_type,"a",HOFFSET(struct tmp_struct,a),H5T_NATIVE_INT);
    array_type=H5Tcreate_array(H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT,1,f_dims,NULL);
    H5Tinsert(compound_type,"f",HOFFSET(struct tmp_struct,f),array_type);
    H5Tclose(array_type);
    array_type=H5Tcreate_array(H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE,2,d_dims,NULL);
    H5Tinsert(compound_type,"d",HOFFSET(struct tmp_struct,d),array_type);
    H5Tclose(array_type);
}

</pre>
</dir>


<h2>This and Prior Releases: The RELEASE.txt and HISTORY.txt Files</h2>

<dir>
    The HDF5 source code, as distributed to users and developers, 
    contains two files that will be of interest to readers of this 
    document.  Both files are located at the top level of the 
    source code tree (i.e., in <code>.../hdf5/</code>) and are 
    duplicated here for your reference:
    <p>
    <dl>
      <dt><a href="RELEASE.txt" target="ExtWin">RELEASE.txt</a>
        <dd>Technical notes regarding the release, including 
            new features and the changes since the last release, 
            notes regarding new or revised utilities,
            notes regarding alternative language APIs (Fortran90, C++),
            bugs fixed since the last release,
            platforms on which the release has been tested, 
            and
            known problems. 
            This is the file commonly known among developers as 
            "the release notes."
      <p>
      <dt><a href="HISTORY.txt" target="ExtWin">HISTORY.txt</a>
        <dd>A release-by-release history of the HDF5 library.  
            This file is a compiled set of the release notes
            (i.e., the RELEASE files) from prior releases.
    <dl>
</dir>





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