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Clarify documentation about H5Tset_size for string datatypes.
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Quincey Koziol
2003-09-16 08:40:10 -05:00
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@@ -1077,7 +1077,9 @@ H5Tget_overflow ()
toward zero. If the `offset' becomes zero and the significant
bits of the datatype still hang over the edge of the new size, then
the number of significant bits is decreased.
Adjusting the size of an H5T_STRING automatically sets the precision
The size set for a string should include space for the null-terminator
character, otherwise it will not be stored on (or retrieved from) disk.
Adjusting the size of an string automatically sets the precision
to 8*size. A compound datatype may increase in size, but may not
shrink. All datatypes must have a positive size.
<dt><strong>Parameters:</strong>