Bug/feature fix.
Description:
Relax restriction on parallel writing to compact datasets to allow partial
I/O.
Updated reference manual mentioning the issues involved.
Platforms tested:
FreeBSD 4.9 (sleipnir)
too minor to require h5committest
Purpose:
Modifications to enable automatically generating a PDF version of the
HDF5 Reference Manual with HTMLdoc.
Description:
The HTML coding has been revised to provide necessary formatting and
control guidance for HTMLdoc. In the process, of course, the need for
an occasional formatting or copy-edit correction was discovered.
Platforms tested:
HTMLdoc, IE 5, Safari
Purpose:
Changed "HDF5 User's Guide" links (in navigation bars, primarily)
to point to new user's guide, which will reside for a while yet on
the HDF server.
The old user's guide will still go out with the distribution under
the label "HDF5 User's Guide, Release 1.4.5."
Platforms tested:
IE 5
Purpose:
Add short copyright notice.
Update release tag line.
Description:
Added short copyright notice as comment in source files;
does not display in browser.
Updated release tag line in footers to read as follows:
Describes HDF5 Release 1.6.0, July 2003
Platforms tested:
IE 5
Purpose:
H5Pset/get_hyper_cache are deprecated in R 1..6.0.
Description:
Added notation that H5Pset/get_hyper_cache are deprecated functions
in R1.6.0 and are available only if library is configured for
1.4 compatibility.
Platforms tested:
IE 5
Purpose:
H5Pset_shuffle -- Add note regarding intended use.
H5Pset_szip -- Correct options mask list. Copy edits.
Description:
H5Pset_shuffle -- Added note that the shuffle filter is designed to be
used with in combination a compression filter.
H5Pset_szip -- Changed 'szip' to 'SZIP' in running text.
Removed RAW_OPTIONS_MASK, LSB_OPTIONS_MASK, and MSB-OPTIONS_MASK
from options maks list as they are not available for user control.
Added 'H5_SZIP_' prefix to all remaining option tags.
Made corresponding changes to running text, removing or revising
mentions of deleted option tags.
Platforms tested:
IE 5
Purpose:
Primarily edits from technical review.
Description:
H5Pget_fill_value -- Corrected 'value' parameter type.
H5Pget_fill_time -- Added H5D_FILL_TIME_IFSET.
H5Pset_filter --Add that filters are applied to chunks in order
in which they were created.
Correct H5Z_FLAG_OPTIONAL description.
Add references to related functions.
Add H5Z_FILTER_SZIP to list of valid filters.
H5Pget_filter -- Add H5Z_FILTER_SZIP to list of possible filters.
H5Pset_szip -- Remove list of publications references.
H5Pset_edc_check -- Reverse notation of default setting.
Copy edits.
Platforms tested:
IE 5, Safari
Purpose:
To facilitate finding functions, particularly in long Reference Manual
sections.
Solution:
Added alphabetized function listings. (NOTE: Aside from the H5I and H5Z
sections, this is not necessarily the final implementation; there will
likely be another revision in the presentation of this listing before it
is released.)
Platforms tested:
Safari, IE 5
Purpose:
Link in additional Fortran90 functions.
Description:
Linked 68 new Fortran90 functions to the discussions of the corresponding
C functions. Made the corresponding Fortran index changes in the
function listings at the tops of the RM pages.
Fixed formatting and link typos in RM_H5P.html & fortran/h5p_FORTRAN.html.
Platforms tested:
Safari and IE 5
Purpose:
New feature: Fill value and storage space allocation changes
Description:
Modified the following functions:
H5Pset_fill_value H5Pget_fill_value
Added the following functions:
H5Pfill_value_defined
H5Pset_fill_time H5Pget_fill_time
H5Pset_alloc_time H5Pget_alloc_time
Platforms tested:
Safari, IE 5
Purpose:
Adding descriptions of new library features to the RM
Description:
H5Pset_fapl_log: Added new 'buf_size' parameter.
New 'flags' parameter replaced 'verbosity' parameter,
requiring new table describing 20 available flags.
H5Pset_filter: Added valid 'filter' parameter values.
Modified for Fletcher32 EDC filter.
H5Pget_filter: Added return value descriptions.
H5Pset_layout & H5Pget_layout: Modified for compact datasets.
Added the following new functions:
H5Pset_fletcher32
H5Pset_edc_check & H5Pget_edc_check
H5Pset_filter_callback
H5Pset_shuffle
Platforms tested:
Safari
IE 6
Purpose:
DreamWeaver (DW) adaptation of the HDF5 doc set, introducing the use of
stylesheets and DW libraries.
Stylesheets -- for consistent format management.
DW libraries -- for managing common elements across documents.
Platforms tested:
IE 5 and 6
Netscape
Purpose:
Two new functions and a few copy-edits.
Description:
Added H5Pset/get_small_data_block_size.
Copy edits -- several typographic (spelling) corrections.
Platforms tested:
IE 5
Purpose:
Bugfixes -- Fixes#657.
Addresses #720 (but does not complete it).
Description:
H5Pset_fapl_split: Added note re checking on use of this driver,
i.e., that H5Pget_driver returns H5FD_MULTI.
Fixes Bug #657.
Minor copy edits, including some addressed in Bug #720.
Platforms tested:
IE 5
Purpose:
Bugfix. Clarification & extension. Removed old function.
Description:
h5pset/get_fapl_mpio_f & h5pset/get_dxpl_mpio_f:
Corrected function names (mpi --> mpio)
H5Pset_fapl_dpss:
Removed function from RM.
H5Pget_driver:
Corrected return type.
Added list of valid driver identifiers and note re custom drivers.
H5Pcreate:
Added note, per user complaint, that the property must eventually
be closed with H5Pclose, else errors are likely to occur.
Platforms tested:
IE 5
Bugfixes and editing.
Description:
RM_H5T.html
H5Tget_class -- Added H5T_ARRAY to list of valid datatype class IDs.
Closes bug #611.
-- Minor formatting issue in same command.
RM_H5F.html
H5Fflush -- Added "Note:" re H5 vs OS buffers.
H5Fclose -- Corrected mentions of H5close to read H5Fclose.
RM_H5P.html
Removed () from several H5* function names in running text.
Platforms tested:
IE 5
Purpose:
Correcting docs to match code bugfixes.
Solution:
Changed per recent bugfix in code:
H5Tconvert 'nelmts' parameter type
H5Pset_buffer 'size' parameter type
H5Pget_buffer return type
Purpose:
Bug fix (unreported bug)
Description:
H5Pset_fapl_core, H5Pget_fapl_core
Completed entries for these two functions. (They had
been added structurally, but details had been omitted.)
Platforms tested:
IE 5
Purpose:
Linking the new "Predefined Dataypes" document into the RM.
Description:
Added PredefDTypes.html link into all RM files.
Platforms tested:
IE 5
Purpose:
Finalize new API function descriptions
Description:
Edits to recently-added APIs:
H5Pset_sieve_buf_size H5Pset_fapl_log
H5P[sg]et_fapl_mpio H5Pset_fapl_multi
H5P[sg]et_dxpl_multi H5Pset_fapl_split
H5P[sg]et_fapl_gass H5Pset_fapl_dpss
H5P[sg]et_fapl_srb
Added H5P[sg]et_fapl_core.
Addition of new APIs for R1.4 is now complete.
Moved H5Pset_driver and H5Pget_driver_info to TechNotes.
Platforms tested:
IE 5
Clean up formatting and delete two functions.
Description:
Minor reformatting at the head of each file (in the functions list).
Delete 2 functions from HM_H5T.html -- H5Tget_member_dims, H5Tinsert_array.
Platforms tested:
IE 5.
Purpose:
Removing functions that have been removed from library.
Solution:
Removed H5Pget_driver, H5P[gs]et_stdio, H5P[gs]et_sec2,
H5P[gs]et_core, H5P[gs]et_split, H5P[gs]et_family,
H5P[gs]et_mpi, and H5P[gs]et_xfer.
Platforms tested:
IE5
RM_H5Front.html
Added new Fortran90 functions and links. Related edits.
Added "Describes HDF5 Release..." line in page footers.
Minor editorial corrections.
H5Pget_chunk: Changed max_ndims parameter description to IN.
H5Pget/set_gc_references: Corrected signature errors,
added missing parameter description and values.
H5Pget/set_family: Removed. These are not implemented.
H5Pget/set_hyper_cache: Corrected signature and parameter
expressions, added missing parameter description.
H5Pset_buffer: Added units for parameter 'size'.RM_H5P.html
H5Pget/set_split: Corrected misnamed parameters.
H5Pset_alignment and H5_set_core:
Edited for clarity.
Added statement regarding "special case" effect of
setting 'threshold' to 0 (zero).
Stated clearly that 'threshold' is non-negative and
'alignment' and 'increment' are both positive.
H5Pget/set_vlen_mem_manager:
Corrected cross-ref to H5Dvlen_reclaim.
Minor clarification regarding circumstances under which
contents of a parameter are ignored.
H5Pget_cache: Removed redundant material.
