Cleaning up warnings
Description:
Many exception constructors have warnings about reference to temporary
location because of the parameter initialization, for example,
"const string& var = 0."
Solution:
Changed "string&" parameters to pass by value for these constructors.
Consequently, passing string by value also takes care of char pointers
so the overloaded constructors for char pointers are then removed.
Also, instead of setting Exception::detailMessage to null string, I
set it to DEFAULT_MSG ("No detailed information provided") by default.
Platforms:
SunOS 5.7 (arabica)
Linux 2.4 (eirene)
IA-64 (titan)
Feature
Description:
Added option -showconfig which Shows the HDF5 library configuration summary
Platforms tested:
No h5committest test which does not test these tools.
Tested in eirene by hand.
Misc. update:
Minor bug fix
Description:
Added missing "const" to the first parameter in two functions:
DSetCreatPropList::set/getFillValue
Platforms:
Only effected C++ API
SunOS 5.7 (arabica)
Linux 2.4 (eirene)
Cleanup
Description:
Remove h5c++ when distclean is called.
Solution:
Platforms tested:
Tested only in copper since the change is trivial.
Misc. update:
Bug fix and minor code enhancement
Description:
Missing methods to read/write C++ String for an attribute and
a dataset.
Solution:
Added overloaded functions read and write to H5::Attribute and
H5::DataSet.
Also, added another constructor StrType so the need to separately
set the length of the string type can be eliminated. It's minor
but convenient.
Made some minor changes to make error messages more readable.
Platforms:
SunOS 5.7 (arabica)
Linux 2.4 (eirene)
IRIX 6.5.11 (modi4)
HPUX 11.00 (kelgia)
API tweak.
Description:
The H5Sget_select_bounds() API call was using hsize_t arrays for retrieving
the 'start' and 'end' coordinates, which is counter to the rest of the dataspace
API.
Solution:
Change the arrays to be hssize_t instead.
Platforms tested:
FreeBSD 4.8 (sleipnir) w/C++
FreeBSD 4.8 (sleipnir) w/parallel
h5committested
Misc. update:
Updated all docs for this change.
Added 1.4 compatibility #ifdef's
Adding new platform support
Description:
Added support for the C++ API on hpux11.00 with the compiler aCC.
Because aCC doesn't use "std," a new macro H5_NO_STD is provided
and used where "std" is presented in the library.
In addition, changed several cout's when reporting errors to cerr's.
Platforms tested:
HPUX 11.00 (kelgia)
Linux 2.2x (eirene)
IRIX 6.5.11 (modi4)
SunOS 5.7 (arabica) - by Elena
Misc. update:
Bug Fix
Description:
"using namespace std" isn't supported on HP-UX. We ahve the H5_NO_STD
flag begin set, but it wasn't being used.
Solution:
Added the check to the #ifdef line to see if H5_NO_STD is defined
before trying to use it in the program.
Platforms tested:
Kelgia
new functions
Description:
Added these member functions to class Group per the new C functions
H5Gget_num_objs, H5Gget_objname_by_idx and H5Gget_objtype_by_idx:
// Returns the number of objects in the group.
hsize_t getNumObjs() const;
// Retrieves the name of an object in a given group by giving index
ssize_t getObjnameByIdx(hsize_t idx, string& name, size_t size) const;
// Returns the type of an object in a given group by giving index;
// the overloaded function also provided the object type in text as
// "group" for H5G_GROUP
// "dataset" for H5G_DATASET
// "datatype" for H5G_TYPE
int getObjTypeByIdx(hsize_t idx) const;
int getObjTypeByIdx(hsize_t idx, string& type_name) const;
Platforms:
SunOS 5.7 (arabica)
Linux 6.2 (eirene)
IRIX 6.5.11 (modi4)
Purpose:
use H5_DLLCPP to replacer __DLLCPP__ for c++ interfaces.
Description:
Solution:
Platforms tested:
linux 2.2.18smp, IRIX64, solaris 2.7, windows 2000
Bug fix
Description:
H5Ewalk_cb was being called from a C++ API, when it really is an
internal routine to the H5E interface.
Solution:
Removed C++ API wrapper for it.
Platforms tested:
FreeBSD 4.5 (sleipnir)
Purpose:
New Feature - per library change
Description:
Added the new member function getMemberIndex to classes EnumType and
CompType to match the new C API H5Tget_member_index. Given the name
of a member of an enumeration or compound datatype, this new function
queries the index of the member.
Platforms:
SunOS 5.7 (arabica)
Linux 6.2 (eirene)
New Feature - per library change
Description:
Added new member function DataSet::fillMemBuf for the new
C API H5Dfill. Quincey's description of H5Dfill is as followed:
Added new H5Dfill() routine to fill the elements in a selection for a
memory buffer with a fill value. This is a user API wrapper around some
internal routines which were needed for the fill-value modifications
from Raymond as well as Pedro's code for reducing the size of a chunked
dataset.
Platforms:
SunOS 5.7 (arabica)
Linux 6.2 (eirene)
Purpose:
Code cleanup
Description:
DataType::convert: changed the 'nelmts' parameter from size_t to
hsize_t according to hdf5 library change.
Platforms tested:
SunOS 5.7 (arabica)
Linux 6.2 (eirene)
Purpose:
Small bug fixing
Description:
Replaced NULL by 0 for initializing or passing null "string".
The problem showed up on platinum.
Platforms tested:
SunOS 5.7 (arabica)
Linux 6.2 (eirene)
IA-32 Linux Cluster (platinum)
Purpose:
Adding new member function
Description:
Added PropList::copyProp according to the new api H5Pcopy_prop
in the C library. I'm still working on adding more tests so
test for this will be added as well.
Platforms tested:
SunOS 5.7 (arabica)
Linux 6.2 (eirene)
FreeBSD 4.4 (sleipnir)
DLL accommodation
Description:
In the inline constructor below:
DSetCreatPropList() : PropList( H5P_DATASET_CREATE) {}
H5P_DATASET_CREATE causes the famous "unresolved symbol" error
when building the Release version of dsets_cpp with DLL.
H5P_DATASET_CREATE uses H5P_CLS_DATASET_CREATE_g, which is
imported from hdf5dll. The inline constructor used in dsets.cpp
causes the use of H5P_CLS_DATASET_CREATE_g, which is then
considered undefined because dsets_cppdll is not using hdf5dll.
This only occurs in the Release version because the Debug build
disables inline.
Solution:
Made the affected constructor not inlined, i.e., its implementation
went in the cpp file.
Note that this problem does not occur in 1.4 branch because
H5P_DATASET_CREATE was defined differently, i.e., did not involve
external storage.
Platforms tested:
SunOS 5.7 (arabica)
Linux 6.2 (eirene)
Windows 2000
Purpose:
Adding support for dll
Description:
Added __DLLCPP__ to all public classes and templates.
Added #include "H5Include.h" to H5RefCounter.cpp because of the
use of DLLCPP in .h file and it needs the following chain:
H5Include.h/hdf5.h/H5public.h/H5api_adpt.h
Added #pragma warning(disable: 4251) to H5Exception.h to eliminate
this warning on private data members of type 'string.' This
occurs because 'string' is not yet instantiated at compilation
time; however, since the class is exported, the warning is
harmless.
Changed this member function's parameter to be passed as reference.
from:
void CompType::insertMember( const string name,...
to:
void CompType::insertMember( const string& name,...
Platforms tested:
Linux 6.2 (eirene)
Windows 2000
Purpose:
Bug fix
Description:
In several if statements, '>' was used in place of '<='. This
caused exceptions thrown inappropriately. Replaced '>' by '<='
where applicable.
Platforms tested:
SunOS 5.7 (arabica)
Windows 98
Purpose:
Removing warnings
Description:
H5IdComponent::operator= shouldn't be virtual because the subclass'
operator= have different type for the rhs argument. Removed virtual.
Platforms tested:
SunOS 5.7 (arabica)
Linux 6.2 (eirene)
Purpose:
Bug fixing
Description:
H5IdComponent::operator= shouldn't be virtual because the subclass'
operator= have different type for the rhs argument. Removed virtual
Platforms tested:
SunOS 5.7 (arabica)
IRIX64 (modi4) - only tested that the warnings went away, still working
on other configuration problems.
Code cleanup
Description:
Property that H5P(g|s)et_hyper_cache uses is no longer in use inside the
library.
Solution:
Removed H5P(g|s)et_hyper_cache API functions, except when backward
compatibility is turned on. When backward compatibility is turned on,
the property is defined by the library, but unused internally.
Platforms tested:
FreeBSD 4.4 (sleipnir)
Backward Compatibility Fix
Description:
One of H5P[gs]et_buffer's parameters changed between v1.4 and the
development branch.
Solution:
Added v1.4 compat stuff around H5P[gs]et_buffer implementation and testing
to allow v1.4.x users to continue to use their source code without
modification.
These changes are for everything except the FORTRAN wrappers - I spoke with
Elena and she will make the FORTRAN wrapper changes.
Platforms tested:
FreeBSD 4.4 (hawkwind)
Backward Compatibility Fix
Description:
One of H5P[gs]et_sym_k's parameters changed between v1.4 and the development
branch.
Solution:
Added v1.4 compat stuff around H5P[gs]et_sym_k implementation and testing
to allow v1.4.x users to continue to use their source code without
modification.
These changes are for everything except the FORTRAN wrappers - I spoke with
Elena and she will make the FORTRAN wrapper changes.
Platforms tested:
FreeBSD 4.4 (hawkwind)
Backward Compatibility Fix
Description:
One of H5P[gs]et_cache's parameters changed between v1.4 and the development
branch.
Solution:
Added v1.4 compat stuff around H5P[gs]et_cache implementation and testing
to allow v1.4.x users to continue to use their source code without
modification.
These changes are for everything except the FORTRAN wrappers - I spoke with
Elena and she will make the FORTRAN wrapper changes.
Platforms tested:
FreeBSD 4.4 (hawkwind)
Purpose:
Eliminated warnings
Description:
On IRIX and Windows 98, if a function, that returns a value, throws
an exception in "else" statement, the compiler still complains that
the function doesn't return a value.
Solution:
Replaced:
if (something valid)
return a value
else
throw an exception
with:
if (something invalid)
throw an exception
return a value
Platforms tested:
Windows 98
SunOS 5.7 (arabica)
Linux 6.2 (eirene)
IRIX64 (modi4) - only tested that the warnings went away, still working
on other configuration problems.
Purpose:
Bug fix
Description:
Add the overloaded member function Attribute::getName to return
the attribute name's length as in C API. This functionality was
missing. Note that the current getName that returns "string"
is not removed, for different way of using getName.
Platforms tested:
SunOS 5.7 (arabica)
Windows 98
Purpose:
Switch from old property list to new generic property list.
Description:
Changed C++ according to the new generic property list.
Platforms tested:
FreeBSD, SunOS 5.7.
Purpose:
Bug fixing
Description:
+ added operator= to PredType
+ removed 'using namespace std' from H5RefCounter.cpp because it's not
used and leaving it there requires #include some standard header file
+ added 'using namespace std' in H5Exception.cpp
Platforms tested:
SunOS 5.7 (arabica)
Windows 98
Kludge
Description:
Since we're only about halfway through converting the internal use of
property lists from the "old way" to the generic property lists, we turned
off snapshots to avoid exposing lots of API changes to users, until the
APIs settled down.
Getting the snapshots rolling again seems to have become a priority, so
some changes are going to have to be made now that were going to be
postponed until we were completely finished with the conversion. This
requires that the old API functions be able to deal with both the old
and new property lists smoothly.
Solution:
Kludge together the property list code so that they can transparently handle
dealing with both the old and new property lists
Platforms tested:
FreeBSD 4.4 (hawkwind)
Code cleanup
Description:
Changed prototype for the buffer in Attribute::write from "void *"
to "const void *"
Platforms tested:
FreeBSD 4.4 (hawkwind)
SunOS 5.7 (arabica)
Linux 6.2 (eirene)
New Features!
Description:
Start migrating the internal use of property lists in the library from the
older implementation to the new generic property lists.
Currently, only the dataset transfer property lists are migrated to the
new architecture, all the rest of the property list types are still using
the older architecture.
Also, the backward compatibility features are not implemented yet, so
applications which use dataset transfer properties may need to make the
following changes:
H5Pcreate(H5P_DATASET_XFER) -> H5Pcreate_list(H5P_DATASET_XFER_NEW)
and
H5Pclose(<a dataset transfer property list>) -> H5Pclose_list(id)
This still may have some bugs in it, especially with Fortran, but I should
be wrapping up those later today.
Platforms tested:
FreeBSD 4.4 (hawkwind)
Bug Fix, Code Cleanup, Code Optimization, etc.
Description:
Fold in the hyperslab speedups, clean up compile warnings and change a
few things from using 'unsigned' or 'hsize_t' to use 'size_t' instead.
Platforms tested:
FreeBSD 4.3 (hawkwind), Solaris 2.7 (arabica), Irix64 6.5 (modi4)
Description and Solution:
- Predefined type objects become outdated when the application calls
H5close and then H5open to use the library again.
Solution:
+ Reimplemented PredType using enum type to obtain up-to-date
values for predefined types, i.e. H5T_xxx_yyy's, when they
are used.
+ Added to PredType its own version of getId() to return the
appropriate predefined type id according to the enum value.
+ Made IdComponent::getId() a virtual function
- Since Albert already fixed the "multiply defined RcsId" problem,
removed the now become unnessary "#undef RCSID" from H5Include.h
- Added a check for func_name != NULL in one of the Exception
constructors because seg. fault. might occur in some situations.
- It is more convenient to make a copy of a datatype, dataspace,
or property list by using assignment operator
Solution:
+ Added assignment operator to DataType, DataSpace, and
PropList so that they will invoke H5Tcopy, H5Scopy,
and H5Pcopy, respectively, instead of just simply
copying the data members as for other classes. So,
now a type, space, or property list can be copied by
either :
mytype = original_type, or
mytype.copy(original_type)
Note that copy constructors are still just copying the
data members.
+ Added an assignment operator to DataType that takes a
predefined type.
+ Made IdComponent::operator= a virtual function
Platforms tested:
arabica (sparc-sun-solaris 2.7)
Purpose: Usability enhancement
Description:
- Added more information about the failure to all the throw's,
i.e, member function name and more detail about the failure, where
appropriate. Also, added exception throws for private functions,
such as p_close to provide more specific details.
- Added two api functions: Exception::getFuncName() and
Exception::getCFuncName() to provide the name of the member
function where failure occurs.
- Fixed some typos, one of which caused segn. fault in some
situations (resetIdComponent was accidentally called twice
in a couple of places :)
Platforms:
arabica (sparc-sun-solaris 2.7)
Purpose:
Bug fix
Description:
The Exception destructor accidently called H5Eprint, which caused
error messages to be printed where they are not supposed to because
the failures are expected.
Solution:
Removed that lousy call!
Platforms tested:
arabica (sparc-sun-solaris 2.7)
Feasibility improvement
Description:
- Some member functions in class Exception can be called without
an Exception instance exits, but because they are not static, they
cannot.
- Many exception throwings don't provide any information to callers.
Solution:
- Add 'static' to several member functions in class Exception.
- Added <class name::function name> to some exceptions thrown
in H5File.cpp and H5FcreatProp.cpp. I'm trying this for users'
comments. More information may be added later and to all
exceptions.
- Changed the comment line for emacs editor to:
// C++ informative line for the emacs editor: -*- C++ -*-
because... I'd rather not say that the code "may look like C" :-)
Platforms tested:
Linux (gcc version egcs-2.91.66)
Bug Fix
Description:
Added comments to the top of C++ files to indicate that it's a C++
file and not a C source code file. Also added a macro which makes
emacs automagically enter c++-mode. (Recommended by Frank Schimmel
fschimme@monsoon.CAPS.ou.edu)
Purpose:
Small bug fix
Description:
A stub function has returned type hsize_t but returns -1.
Solution:
Changed returned value from -1 to 0
Platforms tested:
Solaris (arabica)
