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	Fixed confusing references to "simple datatypes."
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Frank Baker
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@@ -2431,13 +2431,13 @@ in the HDF5 distribution.
<h2>10. Sharing Datatypes among Datasets</h2>
<p>If a file has lots of datasets which have a common datatype
<p>If a file has lots of datasets which have a common datatype,
then the file could be made smaller by having all the datasets
share a single datatype. Instead of storing a copy of the
datatype in each dataset object header, a single datatype is stored
and the object headers point to it. The space savings is
probably only significant for datasets with a compound datatype
since the simple datatypes can be described with just a few
probably only significant for datasets with a compound datatype,
since the atomic datatypes can be described with just a few
bytes anyway.
<p>To create a bunch of datasets that share a single datatype