HDF5 Software Changes from Release to Release

The most significant new feature is an expanded set of Fortran90 APIs, enabling essentially all new C library features of Release 1.8.0.

New Functions and Tools

C functions:

There are no new C functions for Release 1.8.1.

Fortran subroutines:

The following Fortran subroutines are new for Release 1.8.1 and are documented in the HDF5 Reference Manual.

H5A h5acreate_f h5acreate_by_name_f h5adelete_by_idx_f h5adelete_by_name_f h5aexists_f h5aexists_by_name_f h5aget_create_plist_f h5aget_info_f h5aget_info_by_idx_f	h5aget_info_by_name_f h5aget_name_by_idx_f h5aget_storage_size_f h5aopen_f h5aopen_by_idx_f h5aopen_by_name_f h5arename_f h5arename_by_name_f
H5D h5dcreate_anon_f h5dcreate_f	h5dopen_f h5dset_extent_f
H5G h5gcreate_anon_f h5gcreate_f h5gget_create_plist_f h5gget_info_f	h5gget_info_by_idx_f h5gget_info_by_name_f h5gopen_f
H5L h5lcopy_f h5lcreate_external_f h5lcreate_hard_f h5lcreate_soft_f h5ldelete_f h5ldelete_by_idx_f	h5lexists_f h5lget_info_f h5lget_info_by_idx_f h5lget_name_by_idx_f h5lmove_f
H5O h5olink_f	h5oopen_f
H5P h5pget_attr_creation_order_f h5pget_attr_phase_change_f h5pget_char_encoding_f h5pget_copy_object_f h5pget_create_inter_group_f h5pget_data_transform_f h5pget_elink_prefix_f h5pget_est_link_info_f h5pget_fapl_direct_f h5pget_link_creation_order_f h5pget_link_phase_change_f h5pget_local_heap_size_hint_f h5pget_nlinks_f h5pget_obj_track_times_f h5pget_shared_mesg_index_f h5pget_shared_mesg_nindexes_f	h5pset_attr_creation_order_f h5pset_attr_phase_change_f h5pset_char_encoding_f h5pset_copy_object_f h5pset_create_inter_group_f h5pset_data_transform_f h5pset_elink_prefix_f h5pset_est_link_info_f h5pset_fapl_direct_f h5pset_libver_bounds_f h5pset_link_creation_order_f h5pset_link_phase_change_f h5pset_local_heap_size_hint_f h5pset_obj_track_times_f h5pset_nbit_f h5pset_nlinks_f h5pset_scaleoffset_f
H5R h5rget_name_f
H5S h5sdecode_f h5sencode_f	h5sextent_equal_f
H5T h5tcommit_anon_f h5tcommit_f h5tcommitted_f h5tcompiler_conv_f	h5tdecode_f h5tencode_f h5tget_create_plist_f h5topen_f

C++ wrappers:

There are no new C++ wrappers for Release 1.8.1.

Functions and Tools with Changed Syntax

C functions with changed syntax:

There are no C functions with changed syntax in Release 1.8.1.

Fortran subroutines with changed syntax:

In the following Fortran subroutines, spos is a new parameter indicating the position of the sign bit:
     h5tset_fields_f(type_id, spos, epos, esize, mpos, msize, hdferr)
     h5tget_fields_f(type_id, spos, epos, esize, mpos, msize, hdferr)

Changed C++ wrappers:

• The class AbstractDS was moved out of H5Object.

  The class Attribute now multiply inherits from IdComponent and AbstractDs; the class DataSet now multiply inherits from H5Object and AbstractDs.

  In addition, data member IdComponent::id was moved into subclasses: Attribute, DataSet, DataSpace, DataType, H5File, Group, and PropList.

• IdComponent::dereference was incorrect; it was changed from:
     void IdComponent::dereference(IdComponent& obj, void* ref)
to:
     void H5Object::dereference(H5File& h5file, void* ref)
     void H5Object::dereference(H5Object& obj, void* ref)

Tools with changed syntax:

• The command-line syntax of h5repack was changed in Release 1.8.0 to the following:
       h5repack [OPTIONS] in_file out_file

  Since this would be imcompatible with existing user scripts, the original syntax has be re-enabled in this release:
       h5repack -i in_file -o out_file [OPTIONS]

  h5repack now understands either syntax.

• An h5repack option to set the minimum number of links in indexed format was introduced in Release 1.8.0 as '-d min_indexed_links' or '--indexed=min_indexed_links'. In Release 1.8.1, the '-i' form has been changed to '-d' as follows:
       -d min_indexed_links
  or
       --indexed=min_indexed_links

• The command-line syntax of h5diff was changed in Release 1.8.0 to the following:
       h5diff [OPTIONS] file1 file2 [object1 [object2 ] ]

Tools with new options:

• h5dump -m T  or  --format T   Sets format of floating point output
  

Changed Behavior or Output

Changed library behavior:

A 4GB limit on the size of dataset chunks is now properly enforced when a dataset is created.

The HDF5 Library now works more effectively with external links. Some valid external links that previously failed will now be properly recognized. See H5Lcreate_external.

C functions with changed behavior:

The behavior of H5Lcreate_external has changed as described immediately above.

Tools with changed behavior and changed output:

The h5dump -p option now prints the compression ratio if a compression filter is associated with a dataset.

h5dump now supports external links, displaying the target objects (datasets, groups, and named datatypes).

Tools with changed output:

Changed Library Configuration

The following configuration flag is new with this release:

--disable-sharedlib-rpath

Removed Patch Requirement

The patch that was required for Cygwin with HDF5 Release 1.8.0 has been rolled into this release and no longer needs to be applied by the user.

See the document “What’s New in HDF5 1.8.0” for a high-level overview of the new functionality in this release. The following pages assume a familiarity with that overview.

This section provides details of the API-level changes that have been made in the transition to HDF5 Release 1.8.0 from the Release 1.6.x series.

API Compatibility Macros with Associated Renamed and New Functions

Release 1.8.0 introduces API compatibility macros designed to facilitate application migration. These macros are intended to facilitate developer management of a clean, step-by-step migration from an older HDF5 Library to the new release; they can also be used to enable older applications to use the new library without requiring that the application be rewritten. See API Compatibility Macros in HDF5 for a full description.

Macros are identified in reference manual function indexes by an italic typeface.

The new macros and the new and old functions to which they may be mapped are as follows:

H5Acreate	H5Acreate1 H5Acreate2	Renamed from H5Acreate New
H5Aiterate	H5Aiterate1 H5Aiterate2	Renamed from H5Aiterate New
H5Eclear	H5Eclear1 H5Eclear2	Renamed from H5Eclear New
H5Eget_auto	H5Eget_auto1 H5Eget_auto2	Renamed from H5Eget_auto New
H5Eprint	H5Eprint1 H5Eprint2	Renamed from H5Eprint New
H5Epush	H5Epush1 H5Epush2	Renamed from H5Epush New
H5Eset_auto	H5Eset_auto1 H5Eset_auto2	Renamed from H5Eset_auto New
H5Ewalk	H5Ewalk1 H5Ewalk2	Renamed from H5Ewalk New
H5Gcreate	H5Gcreate1 H5Gcreate2	Renamed from H5Gcreate New
H5Gopen	H5Gopen1 H5Gopen2	Renamed from H5Gopen New
H5Pget_filter	H5Pget_filter1 H5Pget_filter2	Renamed from H5Pget_filter New
H5Pget_filter_by_id	H5Pget_filter_by_id1 H5Pget_filter_by_id2	Renamed from H5Pget_filter_by_id New
H5Pinsert	H5Pinsert1 H5Pinsert2	Renamed from H5Pinsert New
H5Pregister	H5Pregister1 H5Pregister2	Renamed from H5Pregister New
H5Rget_obj_type	H5Rget_obj_type1 H5Rget_obj_type2	Renamed from H5Rget_obj_type New
H5Tarray_create	H5Tarray_create1 H5Tarray_create2	Renamed from H5Tarray_create New
H5Tcommit	H5Tcommit1 H5Tcommit2	Renamed from H5Tcommit New
H5Tget_array_dims	H5Tget_array_dims1 H5Tget_array_dims2	Renamed from H5Tget_array_dims New
H5Topen	H5Topen1 H5Topen2	Renamed from H5Topen New

New Functions and Tools

C functions:

The following C functions are new for Release 1.8.0 and, unless otherwise noted, are documented in the HDF5 Reference Manual.

Recursive iteration
H5Lvisit	herr_t H5Lvisit( hid_t group_id, H5_index_t index_type, H5_iter_order_t order, H5L_iterate_t op, void *op_data ) See entry.
H5Lvisit_by_name	herr_t H5Lvisit_by_name( hid_t loc_id, const char *group_name, H5_index_t index_type, H5_iter_order_t order, H5L_iterate_t op, void *op_data, hid_t lapl_id ) See entry.
H5Ovisit	herr_t H5Ovisit( hid_t group_id, H5_index_t index_type, H5_iter_order_t order, H5O_iterate_t op, void *op_data ) See entry.
H5Ovisit_by_name	herr_t H5Ovisit_by_name( hid_t loc_id, const char *object_name, H5_index_t index_type, H5_iter_order_t order, H5O_iterate_t op, void *op_data, hid_t lapl_id ) See entry.
“Format bounds” property Release-to-release format compatibility
H5Pset_libver_bounds	herr_t H5Pset_libver_bounds( hid_t fapl_id, H5F_libver_t low, H5F_libver_t high ) See entry.
H5Pget_libver_bounds	herr_t H5Pget_libver_bounds( hid_t fapl_id, H5F_libver_t *low, H5F_libver_t *high ) See entry.
Configurable compact-or-indexed groups (compact and large groups)
H5Pset_link_phase_change	herr_t H5Pset_link_phase_change( hid_t gcpl_id, unsigned max_compact, unsigned min_dense ) See entry.
H5Pget_link_phase_change	herr_t H5Pget_link_phase_change( hid_t gcpl_id, unsigned *max_compact, unsigned *min_dense ) See entry.
H5Pset_est_link_info	herr_t H5Pset_est_link_info( hid_t gcpl_id, unsigned est_num_entries, unsigned est_name_len ) See entry.
H5Pget_est_link_info	herr_t H5Pget_est_link_info( hid_t gcpl_id, unsigned *est_num_entries, unsigned *est_name_len ) See entry.
H5Pset_nlinks	herr_t H5Pset_nlinks( hid_t lapl_id, size_t nlinks ) See entry.
H5Pget_nlinks	herr_t H5Pget_nlinks( hid_t lapl_id, size_t *nlinks ) See entry.
User-defined links
H5Lcreate_ud	herr_t H5Lcreate_ud( hid_t link_loc_id, const char *link_name, H5L_type_t link_type, const char *udata, size_t udata_size, hid_t lcpl_id, hid_t lapl_id ) See entry.
H5Lregister	herr_t H5Lregister( const H5L_class_t * link_class ) See entry.
H5Lunregister	herr_t H5Lunregister( H5L_type_t link_cls_id ) See entry.
H5Oincr_refcount	herr_t H5Oincr_refcount( hid_t object_id ) See entry.
H5Odecr_refcount	herr_t H5Odecr_refcount( hid_t object_id ) See entry.
External links
H5Lcreate_external	herr_t H5Lcreate_external( const char *file_name, const char *object_name, hid_t link_loc_id, const char *link_name, hid_t lcpl_id, hid_t lapl_id ) See entry.
H5Lunpack_elink_val	herr_t H5Lunpack_elink_val( char *ext_linkval, size_t link_size, const char **filename, const char **obj_path ) See entry.
H5Pset_elink_prefix	herr_t H5Pset_elink_prefix( hid_t lapl_id, const char *prefix ) See entry.
H5Pget_elink_prefix	herr_t H5Pget_elink_prefix( hid_t lapl_id, const char **prefix ) See entry.
Link creation order tracking and indexing
H5Pset_link_creation_order	herr_t H5Pset_link_creation_order( hid_t ocpl_id, unsigned *crt_order_flags ) See entry.
H5Pget_link_creation_order	herr_t H5Pget_link_creation_order( hid_t ocpl_id, unsigned *crt_order_flags ) See entry.
H5Gget_create_plist	hid_t H5Gget_create_plist( hid_t group_id ) See entry.
H5Gget_info_by_idx	herr_t H5Gget_info_by_idx( hid_t loc_id, const char *group_name, H5_index_t index_type, H5_iter_order_t order, hsize_t n, H5G_info_t *group_info, hid_t lapl_id ) See entry.
H5Tget_create_plist	hid_t H5Tget_create_plist( hid_t dtype_id ) See entry.
Link API (H5L), an all-new interface (includes user-defined and external links)
H5Lcopy	herr_t H5Lcopy( hid_t src_loc_id, const char *src_name, hid_t dest_loc_id, const char *dest_name, hid_t lcpl_id hid_t lapl_id ) See entry.
H5Lcreate_external	herr_t H5Lcreate_external( const char *file_name, const char *object_name, hid_t link_loc_id, const char *link_name, hid_t lcpl_id, hid_t lapl_id ) See entry.
H5Lcreate_hard	herr_t H5Lcreate_hard( hid_t obj_loc_id, const char *obj_name, hid_t link_loc_id, const char *link_name, hid_t lcpl_id, hid_t lapl_id ) See entry.
H5Lcreate_soft	herr_t H5Lcreate_soft( const char *target_path, hid_t link_loc_id, const char *link_name, hid_t lcpl_id, hid_t lapl_id ) See entry.
H5Lcreate_ud	herr_t H5Lcreate_ud( hid_t link_loc_id, const char *link_name, H5L_type_t link_type, const char *udata, size_t udata_size, hid_t lcpl_id, hid_t lapl_id ) See entry.
H5Ldelete	herr_t H5Ldelete( hid_t loc_id, const char *name, hid_t lapl_id ) See entry.
H5Ldelete_by_idx	herr_t H5Ldelete_by_idx( hid_t loc_id, const char *group_name, H5_index_t index_field, H5_iter_order_t order, hsize_t n, hid_t lapl_id ) See entry.
H5Lexists	htri_t H5Lexists( hid_t loc_id, const char *name, hid_t lapl_id ) See entry.
H5Lget_info	herr_t H5Lget_info( hid_t link_loc_id, const char *link_name, H5L_info_t *link_buff, hid_t lapl_id ) See entry.
H5Lget_info_by_idx	herr_t H5Lget_info_by_idx( hid_t loc_id, const char *group_name, H5_index_t index_field, H5_iter_order_t order, hsize_t n, H5L_info_t *link_val, hid_t lapl_id ) See entry.
H5Lget_name_by_idx	ssize_t H5Lget_name_by_idx( hid_t loc_id, const char *group_name, H5_index_t index_field, H5_iter_order_t order, hsize_t n, char *name, size_t size, hid_t lapl_id ) See entry.
H5Lget_val	herr_t H5Lget_val( hid_t link_loc_id, const char *link_name, void *linkval_buff, size_t size, hid_t lapl_id ) See entry.
H5Lget_val_by_idx	ssize_t H5Lget_val_by_idx( hid_t loc_id, const char *group_name, H5_index_t index_field, H5_iter_order_t order, hsize_t n, char *value_buf, size_t size, hid_t lapl_id ) See entry.
H5Lis_registered	htri_t H5Lis_registered( H5L_type_t link_cls_id ) See entry.
H5Literate	herr_t H5Literate( hid_t loc_id, H5_index_t index_type, H5_iter_order_t order, hsize_t *idx, H5L_iterate_t op, void *op_data ) See entry.
H5Literate_by_name	herr_t H5Literate( hid_t loc_id, const char *group_name, H5_index_t index_type, H5_iter_order_t order, hsize_t *idx, H5L_iterate_t op, void *op_data, hid_t *lapl_id ) See entry.
H5Lmove	herr_t H5Lmove( hid_t src_loc_id, const char *src_name, hid_t dest_loc_id, const char *dest_name, hid_t lcpl, hid_t lapl ) See entry.
H5Lregister	herr_t H5Lregister( const H5L_class_t * link_class ) See entry.
H5Lunpack_elink_val	herr_t H5Lunpack_elink_val( char *ext_linkval, size_t link_size, const char **filename, const char **obj_path ) See entry.
H5Lunregister	herr_t H5Lunregister( H5L_type_t link_cls_id ) See entry.
H5Lvisit	herr_t H5Lvisit( hid_t group_id, H5_index_t index_type, H5_iter_order_t order, H5L_iterate_t op, void *op_data ) See entry.
H5Lvisit_by_name	herr_t H5Lvisit_by_name( hid_t loc_id, const char *group_name, H5_index_t index_type, H5_iter_order_t order, H5L_iterate_t op, void *op_data, hid_t lapl_id ) See entry.
Enhanced attribute handling
H5Acreate2	hid_t H5Acreate2( hid_t loc_id, const char *obj_name, const char *attr_name, hid_t type_id, hid_t space_id, hid_t acpl_id, hid_t aapl_id, hid_t lapl_id ) See entry.
H5Adelete_by_idx	herr_t H5Adelete_by_idx( hid_t loc_id, const char *obj_name, H5_index_t idx_type, H5_iter_order_t order, hsize_t n, hid_t lapl_id ) See entry.
H5Adelete_by_name	herr_t H5Adelete_by_name( hid_t loc_id, const char *obj_name, const char *attr_name, hid_t lapl_id ) See entry.
H5Aget_info	herr_t H5Aget_info( hid_t attr_id, H5A_info_t *ainfo ) See entry.
H5Aget_info_by_idx	herr_t H5Aget_info_by_idx( hid_t loc_id, const char *obj_name, H5_index_t idx_type, H5_iter_order_t order, hsize_t n, H5A_info_t *ainfo, hid_t lapl_id ) See entry.
H5Aget_info_by_name	herr_t H5Aget_info_by_name( hid_t loc_id, const char *obj_name, const char *attr_name, H5A_info_t *ainfo, hid_t lapl_id ) See entry.
H5Aget_name_by_idx	ssize_t H5Aget_name_by_idx( hid_t loc_id, const char *obj_name, H5_index_t idx_type, H5_iter_order_t order, hsize_t n, char *name, size_t size, hid_t lapl_id ) See entry.
H5Aget_storage_size	hsize_t H5Aget_storage_size( hid_t attr_id ) See entry.
H5Aiterate2	herr_t H5Aiterate2( hid_t obj_id, H5_index_t idx_type, H5_iter_order_t order, hsize_t *n, H5A_operator2_t op, void *op_data ) See entry.
H5Aiterate_by_name	herr_t H5Aiterate_by_name( hid_t loc_id, const char *obj_name, H5_index_t idx_type, H5_iter_order_t order, hsize_t *n, H5A_operator2_t op, void *op_data, hid_t lapd_id ) See entry.
H5Aopen	herr_t H5Aopen( hid_t loc_id, const char *obj_name, const char *attr_name, hid_t aapl_id, hid_t lapl_id ) See entry.
H5Aopen_by_idx	herr_t H5Aopen_by_idx( hid_t loc_id, const char *obj_name, H5_index_t idx_type, H5_iter_order_t order, hsize_t n, hid_t aapl_id, hid_t lapl_id ) See entry.
H5Arename_by_name	herr_t H5Arename_by_name( hid_t loc_id, const char *obj_name, const char *old_attr_name, const char *new_attr_name, hid_t lapl_id ) See entry.
Managing large numbers of attributes
H5Pset_attr_phase_change	herr_t H5Pset_attr_phase_change( hid_t ocpl_id, unsigned max_compact, unsigned min_dense ) See entry.
H5Pget_attr_phase_change	herr_t H5Pget_attr_phase_change( hid_t ocpl_id, unsigned *max_compact, unsigned *min_dense ) See entry.
Attribute creation order tracking and indexing
H5Pset_attr_creation_order	herr_t H5Pset_attr_creation_order( hid_t ocpl_id, unsigned crt_order_flags ) See entry.
H5Pget_attr_creation_order	herr_t H5Pget_attr_creation_order( hid_t ocpl_id, unsigned *crt_order_flags ) See entry.
H5Aget_create_plist	hid_t H5Aget_create_plist( hid_t attr_id ) See entry.
Shared object header messages (SOHM)
H5Pset_shared_mesg_index	herr_t H5Pset_shared_mesg_index( hid_t fcpl_id, unsigned index_num, unsigned mesg_type_flags, unsigned min_mesg_size ) See entry.
H5Pset_shared_mesg_nindexes	herr_t H5Pset_shared_mesg_nindexes( hid_t plist_id, unsigned nindexes ) See entry.
H5Pset_shared_mesg_phase_change	herr_t H5Pset_shared_mesg_phase_change( hid_t fcpl_id, unsigned max_list, unsigned min_btree ) See entry.
H5Pget_shared_mesg_index	herr_t H5Pget_shared_mesg_index( hid_t fcpl_id, unsigned index_num, unsigned *mesg_type_flags, unsigned *min_mesg_size ) See entry.
H5Pget_shared_mesg_nindexes	herr_t H5Pget_shared_mesg_nindexes( hid_t fcpl_id, unsigned *nindexes ) See entry.
H5Pget_shared_mesg_phase_change	herr_t H5Pget_shared_mesg_phase_change( hid_t fcpl_id, unsigned *max_list, unsigned *min_btree ) See entry.
Enhanced local heap size management   (group meta data)
H5Pset_local_heap_size_hint	herr_t H5Pset_local_heap_size_hint( hid_t gcpl_id, size_t *size_hint ) See entry.
H5Pget_local_heap_size_hint	herr_t H5Pget_local_heap_size_hint( hid_t gcpl_id, size_t size_hint ) See entry.
UNICODE support
H5Pset_char_encoding	herr_t H5Pset_char_encoding( hid_t plist_id, H5T_cset_t encoding ) See entry.
H5Pget_char_encoding	herr_t H5Pget_char_encoding( hid_t plist_id, H5T_cset_t encoding ) See entry.

Object API (H5O), all new
H5Oclose	herr_t H5Oclose( hid_t object_id ) See entry.
H5Ocopy	herr_t H5Ocopy( hid_t src_loc_id, const char *src_name, hid_t dst_loc_id, const char *dst_name, hid_t ocp_plist_id, hid_t lcpl_id ) See entry.
H5Odecr_refcount	herr_t H5Odecr_refcount( hid_t object_id ) See entry.
H5Oget_comment	ssize_t H5Oget_comment( hid_t object_id, char *comment, size_t bufsize ) See entry.
H5Oget_comment_by_name	ssize_t H5Oget_comment_by_name( hid_t loc_id, const char *name, char *comment, size_t bufsize, hid_t lapl_id ) See entry.
H5Oget_info	herr_t H5Oget_info( hid_t object_id, H5O_info_t *obj_info ) See entry.
H5Oget_info_by_idx	herr_t H5Oget_info_by_idx( hid_t loc_id, const char *group_name, H5_index_t index_field, H5_iter_order_t order, hsize_t n, H5O_info_t *obj_info, hid_t lapl_id ) See entry.
H5Oget_info_by_name	herr_t H5Oget_info_by_name( hid_t loc_id, const char *object_name, H5O_info_t *object_info, hid_t lapl_id ) See entry.
H5Oincr_refcount	herr_t H5Oincr_refcount( hid_t object_id ) See entry.
H5Olink	herr_t H5Olink( hid_t obj_id, hid_t new_loc_id, const char *new_link_name, hid_t lcpl, hid_t lapl ) See entry.
H5Oopen	hid_t H5Oopen( hid_t loc_id, const char *name, hid_t lapl_id ) See entry.
H5Oopen_by_addr	hid_t H5Oopen_by_addr( hid_t loc_id, haddr_t addr ) See entry.
H5Oopen_by_idx	herr_t H5Oopen_by_idx( hid_t loc_id, const char *group_name, H5_index_t index_field, H5_iter_order_t order, hsize_t n, hid_t lapl_id ) See entry.
H5Oset_comment	herr_t H5Oset_comment( hid_t object_id, const char *comment ) See entry.
H5Oset_comment_by_name	herr_t H5Oset_comment_by_name( hid_t loc_id, const char *name, const char *comment, hid_t lapl_id ) See entry.
H5Ovisit	herr_t H5Ovisit( hid_t group_id, H5_index_t index_type, H5_iter_order_t order, H5O_iterate_t op, void *op_data ) See entry.
H5Ovisit_by_name	herr_t H5Ovisit_by_name( hid_t loc_id, const char *object_name, H5_index_t index_type, H5_iter_order_t order, H5O_iterate_t op, void *op_data, hid_t lapl_id ) See entry.
Object creation or copying with “create intermediate groups” property
H5Pset_create_intermediate_group	herr_t H5Pset_create_intermediate_group( hid_t gcpl_id, unsigned crt_intermed_group ) See entry.
H5Pget_create_intermediate_group	herr_t H5Pget_create_intermediate_group( hid_t gcpl_id, unsigned *crt_intermed_group ) See entry.
Object copy properties
H5Ocopy	herr_t H5Ocopy( hid_t src_loc_id, const char *src_name, hid_t dst_loc_id, const char *dst_name, hid_t ocp_plist_id, hid_t lcpl_id ) See entry.
H5Pset_copy_object	herr_t H5Pset_copy_object( hid_t cplist_id, unsigned copy_options ) See entry.
H5Pget_copy_object	herr_t H5Pget_copy_object( hid_t cplist_id, unsigned *copy_options ) See entry.
Improved object and file information retrieval
H5Aget_info	herr_t H5Aget_info( hid_t attr_id, H5A_info_t *ainfo ) See entry.
H5Aget_info_by_name	herr_t H5Aget_info_by_name( hid_t loc_id, const char *obj_name, const char *attr_name, H5A_info_t *ainfo, hid_t lapl_id ) See entry.
H5Aget_info_by_idx	herr_t H5Aget_info_by_idx( hid_t loc_id, const char *obj_name, H5_index_t idx_type, H5_iter_order_t order, hsize_t n, H5A_info_t *ainfo, hid_t lapl_id ) See entry.
H5Fget_info	herr_t H5Fget_info( hid_t obj_id, H5F_info_t *bh_info ) See entry.
H5Gget_info	herr_t H5Gget_info( hid_t group_id, H5G_info_t group_info ) See entry.
H5Gget_info_by_name	herr_t H5Gget_info_by_name( hid_t loc_id, const char *group_name, H5G_info_t group_info, hid_t lapl_id ) See entry.
H5Gget_info_by_idx	herr_t H5Gget_info_by_idx( hid_t loc_id, const char *group_name, H5_index_t index_type, H5_iter_order_t order, hsize_t n, H5G_info_t group_info, hid_t lapl_id ) See entry.
H5Lget_info	herr_t H5Lget_info( hid_t link_loc_id, const char *link_name, H5L_info_t *link_buff, hid_t lapl_id ) See entry.
H5Lget_info_by_idx	herr_t H5Lget_info_by_idx( hid_t loc_id, const char *group_name, H5_index_t index_field, H5_iter_order_t order, hsize_t n, H5L_info_t *link_val, hid_t lapl_id ) See entry.
H5Oget_info	herr_t H5Oget_info( hid_t object_id, H5O_info_t *obj_info ) See entry.
H5Oget_info_by_name	herr_t H5Oget_info_by_name( hid_t loc_id, const char *object_name, H5O_info_t *object_info, hid_t lapl_id ) See entry.
H5Oget_info_by_idx	herr_t H5Oget_info_by_idx( hid_t loc_id, const char *group_name, H5_index_t index_field, H5_iter_order_t order, hsize_t n, H5O_info_t *obj_info, hid_t lapl_id ) See entry.
Name of referenced object
H5Rget_name	ssize_t H5Rget_name( hid_t loc_id, H5R_type_t ref_type, void *ref, char *name, size_t size ) See entry.
Anonymous object creation
H5Dcreate_anon	hid_t H5Dcreate_anon( hid_t loc_id, hid_t type_id, hid_t space_id, hid_t dcpl_id, hid_t dapl_id ) See entry.
H5Gcreate_anon	hid_t H5Gcreate_anon(hid_t loc_id, const char * name, hid_t gcpl_id, hid_t gapl_id) See entry.
H5Tcommit_anon	herr_t H5Tcommit_anon( hid_t loc_id, hid_t type_id, hid_t tcpl_id, hid_t tapl_id ) See entry.
H5Lcreate_hard	herr_t H5Lcreate_hard( hid_t obj_loc_id, const char *obj_name, hid_t link_loc_id, const char *link_name, hid_t lcpl, hid_t lapl ) See entry.
New-style object creation and open functions  (includes anonymous object creation)
H5Dcreate_anon	hid_t H5Dcreate_anon( hid_t loc_id, hid_t type_id, hid_t space_id, hid_t dcpl_id, hid_t dapl_id ) See entry.
H5Dcreate2	hid_t H5Dcreate2( hid_t loc_id, const char *name, hid_t type_id, hid_t space_id, hid_t lcpl_id, hid_t dcpl_id, hid_t dapl_id ) See entry.
H5Dopen2	hid_t H5Dopen2( hid_t loc_id, const char *name, hid_t dapl_id ) See entry.
H5Gcreate_anon	hid_t H5Gcreate_anon(hid_t loc_id, const char * name, hid_t gcpl_id, hid_t gapl_id) See entry.
H5Gcreate2	hid_t H5Gcreate2( hid_t loc_id, const char *name, hid_t lcpl_id, hid_t gcpl_id, hid_t gapl_id ) See entry.
H5Gopen2	hid_t H5Gopen2( hid_t loc_id, const char * name, hid_t gapl_id ) See entry.
H5Tcommit_anon	herr_t H5Tcommit_anon( hid_t loc_id, hid_t type_id, hid_t tcpl_id, hid_t tapl_id ) See entry.
H5Tcommit2	herr_t H5Tcommit2( hid_t loc_id, const char *name, hid_t type_id, hid_t lcpl_id, hid_t tcpl_id, hid_t tapl_id ) See entry.
H5Topen2	hid_t H5Topen2( hid_t loc_id, const char * name, hid_t tapl_id ) See entry.
User-defined identifiers
H5Iregister	hid_t H5Iregister(H5I_type_t type, void *object) See entry.
H5Iregister_type	H5I_type_t H5Iregister_type(size_t hash_size, unsigned reserved, H5I_free_t free_func) See entry.
H5Idestroy_type	herr_t H5Idestroy_type(H5I_type_t type) See entry.
H5Iinc_type_ref	int H5Iinc_type_ref(H5I_type_t type) See entry.
H5Idec_type_ref	int H5Idec_type_ref(H5I_type_t type) See entry.
H5Iget_type_ref	int H5Iget_type_ref(H5I_type_t type) See entry.
Other identifier API (H5I) enhancements
H5Iclear_type	herr_t H5Iclear_type(H5I_type_t type, hbool_t force) See entry.
H5Inmembers	int H5Inmembers(H5I_type_t type, hsize_t *num_members) See entry.
H5Iobject_verify	void * H5Iobject_verify(hid_t id, H5I_type_t id_type) See entry.
H5Iremove_verify	void * H5Iremove_verify(hid_t id, H5I_type_t id_type) See entry.
H5Isearch	void * H5Isearch(H5I_type_t type, H5I_search_func_t func, void *key) See entry.
H5Itype_exists	htri_t H5Itype_exists(H5I_type_t type) See entry.
Compression filters: N-bit and scale-offset
H5Pset_nbit	herr_t H5Pset_nbit( hid_t plist_id ) See entry.
H5Pset_scaleoffset	herr_t H5Pset_scaleoffset( hid_t plist_id, H5Z_SO_scale_type_t scale_type, int scale_factor ) See entry.
User-defined datatype conversion callback functions
H5Pget_type_conv_cb	herr_t H5Pget_type_conv_cb( hid_t plist, H5T_conv_except_func_t *func, void **op_data ) See entry.
H5Pset_type_conv_cb	herr_t H5Pset_type_conv_cb( hid_t plist, H5T_conv_except_func_t func, void *op_data ) See entry.
Datatype compiler conversion check
H5Tcompiler_conv	htri_t H5Tcompiler_conv( hid_t src_id, hid_t dst_id ) See entry.
Dataset array size reduction
H5Dset_extent	herr_t H5Dset_extent( hid_t dset_id, const hsize_t *size ) See entry.
Dataspace equivalence
H5Sextent_equal	herr_t H5Sextent_equal( hid_t sid1, hid_t sid2 ) See entry.
Direct I/O, bypassing system cache
H5Pset_fapl_direct	herr_t H5Pset_fapl_direct( hid_t fapl_id, size_t alignment, size_t block_size, size_t cbuf_size ) See entry.
H5Pget_fapl_direct	herr_t H5Pget_fapl_direct( hid_t fapl_id, size_t *alignment, size_t *block_size, size_t *cbuf_size ) See entry.
Parallel I/O optimization (collective chunk I/O)
H5Pset_dxpl_mpio_chunk_opt	herr_t H5Pset_dxpl_mpio_chunk_opt(hid_t dxpl_id, H5FD_mpio_chunk_opt_t opt_mode) See entry.
H5Pset_dxpl_mpio_chunk_opt_num	herr_t H5Pset_dxpl_mpio_chunk_opt_num(hid_t dxpl_id, unsigned num_chunk_per_proc) See entry.
H5Pset_dxpl_mpio_chunk_opt_ratio	herr_t H5Pset_dxpl_mpio_chunk_opt_ratio(hid_t dxpl_id, unsigned percent_num_proc_per_chunk) See entry.
H5Pset_dxpl_mpio_collective_opt	herr_t H5Pset_dxpl_mpio_collective_opt( hid_t dxpl_id, H5FD_mpio_collective_opt_t opt_mode ) See entry.
Enhanced error handling (H5E)
H5Eauto_is_v2	herr_t H5Eauto_is_v2( hid_t estack_id, unsigned *is_stack ) See entry.
H5Eclear2	herr_t H5Eclear2( hid_t estack_id ) See entry.
H5Eclose_msg	herr_t H5Eclose_msg (hid_t mesg_id) See entry.
H5Eclose_stack	herr_t H5Eclose_stack(hid_t estack_id) See entry.
H5Ecreate_msg	hid_t H5Ecreate_msg(hid_t class, H5E_type_t msg_type, const char* mesg) See entry.
H5Eget_auto2	herr_t H5Eget_auto2(hid_t estack_id, H5E_auto2_t * func, void **client_data) See entry.
H5Eget_class_name	ssize_t H5Eget_class_name(hid_t class_id, char* name, size_t size) See entry.
H5Eget_current_stack	hid_t H5Eget_current_stack(void) See entry.
H5Eget_msg	ssize_t H5Eget_msg(hid_t mesg_id, H5E_type_t* mesg_type, char* mesg, size_t size) See entry.
H5Eget_num	ssize_t H5Eget_num(hid_t estack_id) See entry.
H5Epop	herr_t H5Epop(hid_t estack_id, size_t count) See entry.
H5Eprint2	herr_t H5Eprint2(hid_t estack_id, FILE * stream) See entry.
H5Epush2	herr_t H5Epush2(hid_t estack_id, const char *file, const char *func, unsigned line, hid_t class_id, hid_t major_id, hid_t minor_id, const char *msg, ...) See entry.
H5Eregister_class	hid_t H5Eregister_class(const char* cls_name, const char* lib_name, const char* version) See entry.
H5Eset_auto2	herr_t H5Eset_auto2(hid_t estack_id, H5E_auto2_t func, void *client_data) See entry.
H5Eset_current_stack	herr_t H5Eset_current_stack(hid_t estack_id) See entry.
H5Eunregister_class	herr_t H5Eunregister_class(hid_t class_id) See entry.
H5Ewalk2	herr_t H5Ewalk2(hid_t estack_id, H5E_direction_t direction, H5E_walk2_t func, void * client_data) See entry.
Meta data cache management
H5Fget_mdc_config	herr_t H5Fget_mdc_config(hid_t file_id, H5AC_cache_config_t *config_ptr) See entry.
H5Fget_mdc_hit_rate	herr_t H5Fget_mdc_hit_rate(hid_t file_id, double *hit_rate_ptr) See entry.
H5Fget_mdc_size	herr_t H5Fget_mdc_size(hid_t file_id, size_t *max_size_ptr, size_t *min_clean_size_ptr, size_t *cur_size_ptr, int *cur_num_entries_ptr) See entry.
H5Freset_mdc_hit_rate_stats	herr_t H5Freset_mdc_hit_rate_stats(hid_t file_id) See entry.
H5Fset_mdc_config	herr_t H5Fset_mdc_config(hid_t file_id, H5AC_cache_config_t *config_ptr) See entry.
H5Pset_mdc_config	herr_t H5Pset_mdc_config(hid_t plist_id, H5AC_cache_config_t * config_ptr) See entry.
H5Pget_mdc_config	herr_t H5Pget_mdc_config(hid_t plist_id, H5AC_cache_config_t * config_ptr) See entry.
File read/write status
H5Fget_intent	herr_t H5Fget_intent( hid_t file_id, unsigned *intent ) See entry.
Arithmetic data transform on I/O
H5Pget_data_transform	herr_t H5Pget_data_transform( hid_t plist_id, char* expression, size_t size) See entry.
H5Pset_data_transform	herr_t H5Pset_data_transform( hid_t plist, const char* expression ) See entry.
Dataspace and datatype serial conversion
H5Sdecode	hid_t H5Sdecode( const void *buf ) See entry.
H5Sencode	herr_t H5Sencode( hid_t obj_id, void *buf, size_t *nalloc ) See entry.
H5Tdecode	hid_t H5Tdecode( const void *buf ) See entry.
H5Tencode	herr_t H5Tencode( hid_t obj_id, void *buf, size_t *nalloc ) See entry.
Enhanced filter management
H5Pget_filter2	herr_t H5Pget_filter2( hid_t plist_id, unsigned idx, unsigned int *flags, size_t *cd_nelmts, unsigned cd_values[], size_t namelen, char name[], unsigned *filter_config) See entry.
H5Pget_filter_by_id2	hid_t H5Pget_filter_by_id2( hid_t plist_id, H5Z_filter_t filter_id, unsigned int *flags, size_t *cd_nelmts, unsigned int cd_values[], size_t namelen, char name[], unsigned int *filter_config) See entry.
Comparison of properties
H5Pinsert2	hid_t H5Pinsert2( hid_t plid, const char *name, size_t size, void *value, H5P_prp_set_func_t set, H5P_prp_get_func_t get, H5P_prp_delete_func_t delete, H5P_prp_copy_func_t copy, H5P_prp_compare_func_t compare, H5P_prp_close_func_t close) See entry.
H5Pregister2	herr_t H5Pregister2( hid_t class, const char * name, size_t size, void * default, H5P_prp_create_func_t create, H5P_prp_set_func_t set, H5P_prp_get_func_t get, H5P_prp_delete_func_t delete, H5P_prp_copy_func_t copy, H5P_prp_compare_func_t compare, H5P_prp_close_func_t close) See entry.
Two-way conversion between datatype and text description of datatype
H5LTtext_to_dtype	hid_t H5LTtext_to_datatype( const char *text, H5LT_lang_t lang_type) See entry.
H5LTdtype_to_text	herr_t H5LTdtype_to_text( hid_t datatype, char *str, H5LT_lang_t lang_type, size_t *len) See entry.

Fortran subroutines:

New Fortran subroutines in the main library are not yet included for Release 1.8.0-beta.

See below for Fortran routines for High-Level HDF5 APIs.

C++ wrappers:

There no new C++ wrappers for Release 1.8.0-beta.

High Level C APIs:

H5LT: The following functions have been added to the HDF5 Lite (H5LT) API:

H5LTtext_to_dtype	hid_t H5LTtext_to_datatype( const char *text, H5LT_lang_t lang_type) See entry.
H5LTdtype_to_text	herr_t H5LTdtype_to_text( hid_t datatype, char *str, H5LT_lang_t lang_type, size_t *len) See entry.
H5LTset_attribute_long_long	herr_t H5LTset_attribute_long_long( hid_t loc_id, const char *obj_name, const char *attr_name, const long_long *data, size_t *size) See entry.
H5LTget_attribute_long_long	herr_t H5LTget_attribute_long_long( hid_t loc_id, const char *obj_name, const char *attr_name, long_long *data) See entry.

Two high-level C APIs are distributed for the first time with this release:
 

• H5PT, the HDF5 Packet Table interface
• H5DS, the HDF5 Dimension Scale interface

Full documentation for these interfaces can be accessed directly from the High Level APIs overview page.

The new functions included in the packet table (H5PT) high-level APIs are as follows:

H5PTcreate_fl	hid_t H5PTcreate_fl( hid_t loc_id, const char * dset_name, hid_t dtype_id, hsize_t chunk_size )
H5PTcreate_vl	hid_t H5PTcreate_vl( hid_t loc_id, const char *dset_name, hsize_t chunk_size )
H5PTopen	hid_t H5PTopen( hid_t loc_id, const char *dset_name )
H5PTclose	herr_t H5PTclose( hid_t table_id )
H5PTappend	herr_t H5PTappend( hid_t table_id, hsize_t nrecords, const void *data)
H5PTcreate_index	herr_t H5PTcreate_index( hid_t table_id)
H5PTset_index	herr_t H5PTset_index( hid_t table_id, hsize_t pt_index)
H5PTread_packets	herr_t H5PTread_packets( hid_t table_id, hsize_t start, hsize_t nrecords, void *data)
H5PTget_next	herr_t H5PTget_next( hid_t table_id, hsize_t nrecords, void *data)
H5PTget_num_packets	herr_t H5PTget_num_packets( hid_t table_id, hsize_t * nrecords)
H5PTis_valid	herr_t H5PTis_valid( hid_t table_id)
H5PTis_varlen	herr_t H5PTis_varlen( hid_t table_id)
H5PTfree_vlen_readbuff	herr_t H5PTfree_vlen_readbuff( hid_t table_id, hsize_t bufflen, void * buff)

The new functions included in the dimension scale (H5DS) high-level APIs are as follows:

H5DSset_scale	herr_t H5DSmake_scale(hid_t dsid, char *dimname)
H5DSattach_scale	herr_t H5DSattach_scale(hid_t did, hid_t dsid, unsigned int idx)
H5DSdetach_scale	herr_t H5DSdetach_scale(hid_t did, hid_t dsid, unsigned int idx)
H5DSis_attached	htri_t H5DSis_attached(hid_t did, hid_t dsid, unsigned int idx)
H5DSis_scale	htri_t H5DSis_scale(hid_t did)
H5DSiterate_scales	herr_t H5DSiterate_scales(hid_t did, unsigned dim, int *idx, H5DS_iterate_t visitor, void *visitor_data)
H5DSset_label	herr_t H5DSset_label(hid_t did, unsigned int idx, const char *label)
H5DSget_label	ssize_t H5DSget_label(hid_t did, unsigned int idx, char *label, size_t size)
H5DSget_scale_name	hssize_t H5DSget_scale_name(hid_t did, char name, size_t *size)
H5DSget_num_scales	int H5DSget_num_scales(hid_t did, unsigned int idx)

High Level Fortan90 APIs:

Fortran90 subroutines are now available for the following high-level APIs:
     H5LT: HDF5 Lite
     H5IM: HDF5 Image
     H5TB: HDF5 Table

Tools:

h5stat
Not yet documented in reference manual.

Deprecated and Deleted Functions

C functions:

 

H5Pset_fapl_gass H5Pget_fapl_gass		HDF5 no longer provides GASS support.
H5Pset_fapl_srb H5Pget_fapl_srb		SRB functionality is now supported through the mechanism described in Integration of HDF5 and the Storage Resource Broker for object-level access (http://www.hdfgroup.org/hdf-srb-html/).
H5Pset_fapl_stream H5Pget_fapl_stream		The stream virtual file driver (H5FD_STREAM) has been removed from the HDF5 distribution. The functionality remains available from < . . . >.
H5Tset_overflow H5Tget_overflow		These two functions are replaced by H5Pget_type_conv_cb and H5Pset_type_conv_cb.

Several functions, subroutines, and wrappers are deprecated in this HDF5 release and may eventually be removed from the HDF5 distribution and from the HDF5 Reference Manual. A Release 1.6.x compatibility mode is provided enabling these and other Release 1.6.x compatibility features, but is available only if the HDF5 Library is configured with the default settings or with the flag --with-default-api-version=v16. Release 1.8.0 also provides macros that can be mapped selectively to 1.6.x and 1.8.0 function versions according to the needs of a user application. The backward compatibility mode is enabled in the Release 1.8.0 binaries distributed by NCSA. See API Compatibility Macros in HDF5 for full details.

 
Deprecated functions are marked in the function index at the beginning of each API section in the HDF5 Reference Manual.

Virtual File Driver Removed

This virtual file driver will remain available at http://hdf5-addons.origo.ethz.ch/. Note that as of this writing, this transition is still in progress; the necessary integration tools may not be available when HDF5 Release 1.8.0 first comes out.

Functions with New or Changed Symbols or Fixed Values

C functions:

Fortran90 subroutines:

Functions with Changed Syntax

Function syntax changes in this release are handled through the mechanism described in API Compatibility Macros in HDF5.

Renamed Functions

Function with Changed Syntax

C function:

H5Sselect_elements

herr_t H5Sselect_elements( hid_t space_id, H5S_seloper_t op,
        size_t num_elements, const hsize_t *coord )

(This syntax change was listed on 10 September 2008, several months after Release 1.6.7.)

Stream I/O Driver Removed

While the stream driver is no longer distributed by The HDF Group, it will be made available as a source code distribution from http://hdf5-addons.origo.ethz.ch/. An integration mechanism will be developed and instructions for using the driver with HDF5 will be posted on that site.

Release 1.6.6 is primarily a bug-fix release and includes no changes in the syntax or intended behavior of the library’s public interfaces. There are, however, two changes in tool interfaces.

Tools with Changed Options and/or Behavior

The following tools have changed in this release; these changes are documented on the Tools page of the HDF5 Reference Manual.
 

h5repack:
A new -n option allows the user to specify that a new file created by h5repack will use native datatypes. The default behavior is to use the original file datatypes.

-n

Use native HDF5 datatypes when repacking. (Default behavior is to use the original file datatypes.)

Note that the default behavior of this tool has changed; prior to Release 1.6.6, h5repack generated files only with native datatypes.

h5dump:
This tool includes a new -b option for binary output.

-b B   or --binary=B

Output dataset to a binary file using the datatype specified by B. B must have one of the following values:      LE        Little-endian      BE        Big-endian      MEMORY    Memory datatype      FILE      File datatype Recommended usage is with the -d and -o options.

New Functions and Tools

C functions and

Fortran subroutines:

HDF5 Release 1.6.5 is primarily a maintenance release, focusing on bugfixes, optimization and portability; there are no new C APIs or Fortran subroutines.

 

High Level C APIs:

The High Level C APIs (HL), including the HDF5 Image, HDF5 Table, and HDF5 Lite interfaces (H5IM, H5TB, and H5LT, respectively), have been distributed with the main HDF5 source code distribution since Release 1.6.4 and are documented in HDF5: High Level APIs. (Note: In release 1.8 and later, the HL APIs are documented in the HDF5 Reference Manual.)

 

C++ wrappers:

void PropList::copyProp(PropList& dest, const char* name) const

void PropList::copyProp(PropList& dest, const string& name) const

string CommonFG::getComment(const string& name) const

void CommonFG::removeComment(const char* name) const

void CommonFG::removeComment(const string& name) const

hsize_t Attribute::getStorageSize() const

void Attribute::close()

void DataSet::close()

void DataSpace::close()

void DataType::close()

void H5File::close()

void Group::close()

void PropList::close()

H5T_order_t AtomType::getOrder() const

void H5Object::renameAttr(const char* oldname, const char* newname) const

void H5Object::renameAttr(const string& oldname, const string& newname) const

string CommonFG::getObjnameByIdx(hsize_t idx) const

ArrayType AbstractDs::getArrayType() const

VarLenType AbstractDs::getVarLenType() const

ArrayType CommonFG::openArrayType(const char* name) const

ArrayType CommonFG::openArrayType(const string& name) const

VarLenType CommonFG::openVarLenType(const char* name) const

VarLenType CommonFG::openVarLenType(const string& name) const

ArrayType CompType::getMemberArrayType(unsigned member_num) const

VarLenType CompType::getMemberVarLenType(unsigned member_num) const

 

Functions with New or Changed Symbols or Fixed Values

C functions:

H5Fget_obj_count

H5F_OBJ_LOCAL has been added as a qualifier on the types of objects to be counted. H5F_OBJ_LOCAL restricts the search to objects opened through current file identifier.

H5Tset_tag

The H5T_OPAQUE_TAG_MAX macro constant, specifying the maximum size of an opaque datatype tag, was added in H5Tpublic.h.

Functions with Changed Syntax

New Functions and Tools

C functions and

Fortran subroutines:

HDF5 Release 1.6.4 "Bugfix Release"; there are no new C APIs or Fortran subroutines.

 

High Level C APIs:

The High Level C APIs (HL), including the HDF5 Image, HDF5 Table, and HDF5 Lite interfaces (H5IM, H5TB, and H5LT, respectively) , have been brought into the main HDF5 source code distribution. A link to the HL documentation appears on the opening page of the HDF5 document set or can be accessed directly at http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/hdf5_hl/doc/RM_hdf5hl.html

The HL library, libhdf5_hl.a(so), is built and installed by default but can be disabled with the --disable-hl configure flag.

 

Tools:

A new pair of tools, h5jam and h5unjam, is available to manage user blocks in HDF5 files. See their entry in the HDF5 Reference Manual.

Deleted Functions

 

C++ wrappers:

The C++ wrappers now rely on the C library's reference counting in place of the class RefCounter, which existed before the C mechanism was available. RefCounter has therefore been removed.

Functions with Changed Syntax

C functions:

H5Pget_version

herr_t H5Pget_version(hid_t plist_id, unsigned *boot/*out*/,
unsigned *freelist/*out*/, unsigned *stab/*out*/, unsigned *shhdr/*out*/)

H5Pset_sym_k

H5Pset_sym_k(hid_t plist_id, unsigned ik, unsigned lk)

H5Pget_sym_k

H5Pget_sym_k(hid_t plist_id, unsigned *ik/*out*/, unsigned *lk/*out*/)

H5Pset_istore_k

herr_t H5Pset_istore_k(hid_t plist_id, unsigned ik)

H5Pget_istore_k

herr_t H5Pget_istore_k(hid_t plist_id, unsigned *ik/*out*/)

H5Pget_external

herr_t H5Pget_external(hid_t plist_id, unsigned idx, size_t name_size,
char *name/*out*/, off_t *offset/*out*/, hsize_t *size/*out*/)

H5Pget_filter

H5Z_filter_t H5Pget_filter(hid_t plist_id, unsigned filter,
unsigned int *flags/*out*/, size_t *cd_nelmts/*out*/,
unsigned cd_values[]/*out*/, unsigned int *flags/*out*/,
size_t namelen, char name[])

H5Sselect_hyperslab

herr_t H5Sselect_hyperslab(hid_t space_id, H5S_seloper_t op,
const hsize_t start[], const hsize_t _stride[], const hsize_t count[],
const hsize_t _block[])

H5Sselect_elements

herr_t H5Sselect_elements(hid_t space_id, H5S_seloper_t op,
size_t num_elemn, const hsize_t **coord)

H5Tget_member_name

char *H5Tget_member_name(hid_t type_id, unsigned membno)

H5Tget_member_offset

size_t H5Tget_member_offset(hid_t type_id, unsigned membno)

H5Tget_member_class

H5T_class_t H5Tget_member_class(hid_t type_id, unsigned membno)

H5Tget_member_type

hid_t H5Tget_member_type(hid_t type_id, unsigned membno)

H5Tget_member_value

herr_t H5Tget_member_value(hid_t type_id, unsigned membno,
void *value/*out*/)

H5Diterate is affected by a similar change in the syntax of H5D_operator_t.

herr_t (*H5D_operator_t)(void *elem, hid_t type_id, unsigned ndim,
const hsize_t *point, void *operator_data)

Fortran subroutines:

h5sselect_hyperslab_f

SUBROUTINE h5sselect_hyperslab_f(space_id, operator, start, count, &
hdferr, stride, block)

h5sselect_elements_f

SUBROUTINE h5sselect_elements_f(space_id, operator, rank, &
num_elements, coord, hdferr)

C++ wrappers:

FileCreatPropList::getVersion

void FileCreatPropList::getVersion( unsigned& super, unsigned& freelist,
unsigned& stab, unsigned& shhdr) const

FileCreatPropList::setSymk

void FileCreatPropList::setSymk( unsigned ik, unsigned lk ) const

FileCreatPropList::getSymk

void FileCreatPropList::getSymk( unsigned& ik, unsigned& lk ) const

FileCreatPropList::setIstorek

void FileCreatPropList::setIstorek( unsigned ik ) const

FileCreatPropList::getIstorek

unsigned FileCreatPropList::getIstorek() const

DSetCreatPropList::getExternal

void DSetCreatPropList::getExternal( unsigned idx, size_t name_size,
char* name, off_t& offset, hsize_t& size ) const

DSetCreatPropList::getFilter

H5Z_filter_t DSetCreatPropList::getFilter( ine filter_number,
unsigned int &flags, size_t &cd_nelmts, unsigned int* cd_values,
size_t namelen, char name[] ) const

DataSpace::selectHyperslab

void DataSpace::selectHyperslab( H5S_seloper_t op, const hsize_t *count,
const hsize_t *start, const hsize_t *stride, const hsize_t *block ) const

DataSpace::selectElements

void DataSpace::selectElements( H5S_seloper_t op,
const size_t num_elements, const hsize_t *coord[ ] ) const

CompType::getMemberName

string CompType::getMemberName( unsigned member_num ) const

CompType::getMemberOffset

size_t CompType::getMemberOffset( unsigned member_num ) const

CompType::getMemberClass

H5T_class_t CompType::getMemberClass( unsigned member_num ) const

EnumType::getMemberValue

void EnumType::getMemberValue( unsigned member_no, void *value ) const

(These lists of syntax changes were added on 31 March and 5 April 2005, shortly after Release 1.6.4.)

Deleted Constants

• Error codes
  • H5E_CANTALLOC
  • H5E_CANTCHANGE
  • H5E_CANTRECV
  • H5E_CANTSENDMDATA
  • H5E_FPHDF5
• An internal identifier category
  • H5I_TEMPBUF

Changed Library Configuration

HDF5 Library configuration has been upgraded from GNU autoconf 2.53 to autoconf 2.59.

New Functions and Tools

C functions:

The following C functions are new for Release 1.6.3 and are documented in the HDF5 Reference Manual.

H5Fget_name	ssize_t H5Fget_name (hid_t obj_id, char *name, size_t size) See entry.
H5Fget_filesize	herr_t H5Fget_filesize (hid_t file_id, hsize_t * size) See entry.
H5Iget_file_id	hid_t H5Iget_file_id (hid_t obj_id) See entry.
H5Premove_filter	herr_t H5Premove_filter (hid_t obj_id, H5Z_filter_t filter) See entry.
H5Zget_filter_info	herr_t H5Zget_filter_info (H5Z_filter_t filter, unsigned int * flags) See entry.

 

Fortran subroutines:

The following Fortran90 subroutines are new for Release 1.6.3 and are documented in the HDF5 Reference Manual.

New Fortran90 subroutines corresponding to the new C functions listed above:
h5fget_name_f     h5fget_filesize_f	h5iget_file_id_f     h5premove_filter_f     h5zget_filter_info_f

New Fortran90 subroutines corresponding to C functions from prior releases:     None

 

C++ wrappers:

C++ wrappers have been brought in sync with the C library, rendering the C++ API significantly more complete. Most of the new wrappers are for H5P and H5T APIs.

All available C++ elements are now documented in the HDF5 C++ API Reference Manual. (The HDF5 C++ API Reference Manual is also a new addition in this release.)

 

Tools:

The following tools are new for Release 1.6.3 and are documented on the Tools page of the HDF5 Reference Manual.

h5new_tool is designed to do whatever this sentence says. (Clearly, this is a placeholder entry that should be removed before release.)

 

The following tool was in Release 1.6.2 but was not included in formal documentation. A full description is now included on the Tools page of the HDF5 Reference Manual.

h5repack is designed to copy an HDF5 file to a new file with or without compression and/or chunking.

Deleted Functions

 

C++ wrapper:

CompType::getMemberDims

Functions with Changed Syntax

C functions:

H5Pset_fapl_multi

The prototype for this function was changed from:

• herr_t H5Pset_fapl_multi (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)
  

to:

• herr_t H5Pset_fapl_multi (hid_t fapl_id, const H5FD_mem_t * memb_map, const hid_t * memb_fapl, const char * const * memb_name, const haddr_t * memb_addr, hbool_t relax)
  

This change should not appreciably affect application programs.

H5Tconvert

The prototype for this function was changed from:

• herr_t H5Tconvert (hid_t src_id, hid_t dst_id, hsize_t nelmts, void * buf, void * background, hid_t plist_id)
  

to:

• herr_t H5Tconvert (hid_t src_id, hid_t dst_id, size_t nelmts, void * buf, void * background, hid_t plist_id)
  

This was changed to prevent overflows when hsize_t and size_t types are different sizes. Application code may need to be modified to take this into account. Application code using this function may also be affected by the changes to H5Tregister and H5Tunregister described below.

H5Tregister and H5Tunregister

These two routines are affected by the change to the H5T_conv_t typedef (described below) and may require application registered datatype conversion routines to be modified to conform to the changed typedef.

 

C++ wrappers:

H5::Exception and its subclasses

Constructors used by H5::Exception and its subclasses that were previously overloaded to take char pointers have been removed. Constructors that passed in a reference of string have been changed to pass by value. In addition, the default value of the detailed message has been changed from 0/NULL to DEFAULT_MSG (meaning "No detailed information provided").

 

DSetCreatPropList::setLayout

The prototype for DSetCreatPropList::setLayout has been changed: the first parameter has been removed.

Constants with Changed Values

C API:

H5T_conv_t

This function pointer typedef's definition has been changed from:

• typedef herr_t (*H5T_conv_t) (hid_t src_id, hid_t dst_id, H5T_cdata_t * cdata, hsize_t nelmts, size_t buf_stride, size_t bkg_stride, void * buf, void * bkg, hid_t plist_id)
  

to:

• typedef herr_t (*H5T_conv_t) (hid_t src_id, hid_t dst_id, H5T_cdata_t * cdata, size_t nelmts, size_t buf_stride, size_t bkg_stride, void * buf, void * bkg, hid_t plist_id)
  

This was changed to prevent overflows when hsize_t and size_t types are different sizes. Application code may need to be modified to take this into account.

New Functions and Tools

C functions:

The following C functions are new for Release 1.6.2 and are documented in the HDF5 Reference Manual.

H5Iget_ref	int H5Iget_ref (hid_t obj_id) See entry.
H5Iinc_ref	int H5Iinc_ref (hid_t obj_id) See entry.
H5Idec_ref	int H5Idec_ref (hid_t obj_id) See entry.

 

Fortran subroutines:

The following Fortran90 subroutines are new for Release 1.6.2 and are documented in the HDF5 Reference Manual.

Corresponding to the new C functions listed above:     h5iget_ref_f     h5iinc_ref_f     h5idec_ref_f

 

Tools:

The following tools are new for Release 1.6.2 and are documented on the Tools page of the HDF5 Reference Manual.

h5pcc is designed to aid in the compilation of C applications that employ the HDF5 Library.

h5pfc is designed to aid in the compilation of Fortran90 applications that employ the HDF5 Library.

Deleted Functions

Functions with Changed Syntax

Constants with Changed Values

New Functions and Tools

C functions:

The following C function is new for Release 1.6.1 and is documented in the HDF5 Reference Manual.

H5Fget_freespace

hssize_t H5Fget_freespace (hid_t file_id) See entry.

 

Fortran subroutines

The following Fortran90 subroutines were new for Release 1.6.0 but were not documented. They are now included in the HDF5 Reference Manual.

h5get_fapl_mpiposix_f	h5pget_fapl_mpiposix_f(prp_id, comm, use_gpfs, hdferr) See entry.
h5set_fapl_mpiposix_f	h5pset_fapl_mpiposix_f(prp_id, comm, use_gpfs, hdferr) See entry.

 

Tools:

Release 1.6.1 contains no new tools.

Deleted Functions

Functions with Changed Syntax

C functions:

H5Gget_obj_info

The H5G_stat_t struct contains two new fields.
This change will be transparent to existing applications, though those calling H5Gget_obj_info will have to be recompiled before linking with the updated library.

 

Fortran90 subroutines:

h5pset_cache_f

The rdcc_nbytes parameter has changed from INTEGER to INTEGER(SIZE_T) to better match the C API and the h5pget_cache_f subroutine.

Constants with Changed Values

New Functions and Tools

The following functions are new for Release 1.6.0 and are included in the HDF5 Reference Manual.

H5set_free_list_limits	herr_t H5set_free_list_limits (int reg_global_lim, int reg_list_lim, int arr_global_lim, int arr_list_lim, int blk_global_lim, int blk_list_lim)
H5Dget_offset	hsize_t H5Dget_offset (hid_t dset_id)
H5Dget_space_status	hid_t H5Dget_space_status (hid_t dset_id, H5D_space_status_t *status)
H5Fget_obj_ids	int H5Fget_obj_ids (hid_t file_id, unsigned int types, int max_objs, hid_t *obj_id_list)
H5Fget_vfd_handle	herr_t H5Fget_vfd_handle (hid_t file_id, hid_t fapl_id, void *file_handle)
H5Gget_num_objs	herr_t H5Gget_num_objs (hid_t loc_id, hsize_t* num_obj)
H5Gget_objname_by_idx	ssize_t H5Gget_objname_by_idx (hid_t group_id, hsize_t idx, char *name, size_t* size)
H5Gget_objtype_by_idx	int H5Gget_objtype_by_idx (hid_t group_id, hsize_t idx)
H5Iget_name	ssize_t H5Iget_name (hid_t obj_id, char *name, size_t size)
H5Pall_filters_avail	htri_t H5Pall_filters_avail (hid_t dcpl_id)
H5Pfill_value_defined	herr_t H5Pfill_value_defined (hid_t plist_id, H5D_fill_value_t *status)
H5Pget_alloc_time	herr_t H5Pget_alloc_time (hid_t plist_id, H5D_alloc_time_t *alloc_time)
H5Pget_edc_check	H5Z_EDC_t H5Pget_edc_check (hid_t plist)
H5Pget_family_offset	herr_t H5Pget_family_offset (hid_t fapl_id, hsize_t *offset)
H5Pget_fapl_mpiposix	herr_t H5Pget_fapl_mpiposix (hid_t fapl_id, MPI_Comm *comm)
H5Pget_fclose_degree	herr_t H5Pget_fclose_degree(hid_t fapl_id, H5F_close_degree_t *fc_degree) (This item corrected 14 September 2004.)
H5Pget_fill_time	herr_t H5Pget_fill_time (hid_t plist_id, H5D_fill_time_t *fill_time)
H5Pget_filter_by_id	herr_t H5Pget_filter_by_id (hid_t plist_id, H5Z_filter_t filter, unsigned int *flags, size_t *cd_nelmts, unsigned int cd_values[], size_t namelen, char *name[])
H5Pget_hyper_vector_size	herr_t H5Pget_hyper_vector_size (hid_t dxpl_id, size_t *vector_size)
H5Pget_multi_type	herr_t H5Pget_multi_type (hid_t fapl_id, H5FD_mem_t *type)
H5Pmodify_filter	herr_t H5Pmodify_filter (hid_t plist, H5Z_filter_t filter, unsigned int flags, size_t cd_nelmts, const unsigned int cd_values[])
H5Pset_alloc_time	herr_t H5Pset_alloc_time (hid_t plist_id, H5D_alloc_time_t alloc_time)
H5Pset_edc_check	herr_t H5Pset_edc_check (hid_t plist, H5Z_EDC_t check)
H5Pset_family_offset	herr_t H5Pset_family_offset (hid_t fapl_id, hsize_t offset)
H5Pset_fapl_mpiposix	herr_t H5Pset_fapl_mpiposix (hid_t fapl_id, MPI_Comm comm)
H5Pset_fclose_degree	herr_t H5Pset_fclose_degree(hid_t fapl_id, H5F_close_degree_t fc_degree) (This item corrected 14 September 2004.)
H5Pset_fill_time	herr_t H5Pset_fill_time (hid_t plist_id, H5D_fill_time_t fill_time)
H5Pset_filter	herr_t H5Pset_filter (hid_t plist, H5Z_filter_t filter, unsigned int flags, size_t cd_nelmts, const unsigned int cd_values[])
H5Pset_filter_callback	herr_t H5Pset_filter_callback (hid_t plist, H5Z_filter_func_t func, void *op_data)
H5Pset_fletcher32	herr_t H5Pset_fletcher32 (hid_t plist)
H5Pset_hyper_vector_size	herr_t H5Pset_hyper_vector_size (hid_t dxpl_id, size_t vector_size)
H5Pset_multi_type	herr_t H5Pset_multi_type (hid_t fapl_id, H5FD_mem_t type)
H5Pset_shuffle	herr_t H5Pset_shuffle (hid_t plist_id)
H5Pset_szip	herr_t H5Pset_szip (hid_t plist, unsigned int options_mask, unsigned int pixels_per_block)
H5Rget_object_type	int H5Rget_object_type (hid_t id, void *ref)
H5Sget_select_type	H5S_sel_type H5Sget_select_type (hid_t space_id)
H5Tdetect_class	htri_t H5Tdetect_class (hid_t dtype_id, H5T_class_t dtype_class)
H5Tget_native_type	hid_t H5Tget_native_type (hid_t type_id, H5T_direction_t direction)
H5Tis_variable_str	htri_t H5Tis_variable_str (hid_t dtype_id)
H5Zfilter_avail	herr_t H5Zfilter_avail (H5Z_filter_t filter)
H5Zunregister	herr_t H5Zunregister (H5Z_filter_t filter)

 

The following tools are new for Release 1.6.0 and are included in the HDF5 Reference Manual.

h5diff

h5import

h5fc

h5c++

h5perf

h5redeploy

Deleted Functions

H5Pset_hyper_cache
H5Pget_hyper_cache

H5Rget_object_type

The above functions will eventually be removed from the HDF5 distribution and from the HDF5 Reference Manual.

Functions with Changed Syntax

Backward compatibility with the Release 1.4.x syntax is available for the functions indicated above with a leading asterisk (*). The backward compatibility features are available only when the HDF5 library is configured with the flag H5_WANT_H5_V1_4_COMPAT, is not enabled in the binaries distributed by NCSA, and will eventually be removed from the HDF5 distribution.

Constants with Changed Values

C Library

herr_t H5Pset_fapl_mpiposix(hid_t fapl_id, MPI_Comm comm);
herr_t H5Pget_fapl_mpiposix(hid_t fapl_id, MPI_Comm *comm/*out*/);

Fortran90 Library

C Library

H5Pget_small_data_block_size
H5Pset_small_data_block_size
H5Tget_member_index

Fortran90 Library

C Library

H5Pset_fapl_dpss 

Fortran90 Library

C Library

Fortran90 Library

h5aread_f(attr_id, memtype_id,  buf, dims, hdferr)
h5awrite_f(attr_id, memtype_id,  buf, dims, hdferr)
h5dread_f(dset_id, mem_type_id, buf, dims, hdferr, mem_space_id, &
           file_space_id, xfer_prp)
h5dwrite_f(dset_id, mem_type_id, buf, dims, hdferr, mem_space_id, &
           file_space_id, xfer_prp)

New Functions

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

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 HDF5 Reference Manual.

herr_t H5Pget_fapl_dpss (hid_t fapl_id);
herr_t H5Pget_fapl_gass (hid_t fapl_id, GASS_Info *info/*out*/);
herr_t H5Pget_fapl_srb (hid_t fapl_id, SRB_Info *info);
herr_t H5Pset_fapl_dpss (hid_t fapl_id);
herr_t H5Pset_fapl_gass (hid_t fapl_id, GASS_Info info);
herr_t H5Pset_fapl_srb (hid_t fapl_id, SRB_Info info);

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 List of VFL Functions document in the HDF5 Technical Notes. They are described in detail only in the source code and do not appear in the HDF5 Reference Manual.

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

Deleted Functions

H5Pget_core
H5Pget_driver
H5Pget_family
H5Pget_mpi
H5Pget_sec2
H5Pget_split
H5Pget_stdio
H5Pget_xfer

H5Pset_core
H5Pset_family
H5Pset_mpi
H5Pset_sec2
H5Pset_split
H5Pset_stdio
H5Pset_xfer

H5RAclose
H5RAcreate
H5RAopen
H5RAread
H5RAwrite
H5Tget_member_dims
H5Tinsert_array

Functions with Changed Syntax

Constants with Changed Values

H5Tinsert_array

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];
    };
    hsize_t f_dims[1]={3};
    hsize_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=H5Tarray_create(H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT,1,f_dims,NULL);
    H5Tinsert(compound_type,"f",HOFFSET(struct tmp_struct,f),array_type);
    H5Tclose(array_type);
    array_type=H5Tarray_create(H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE,2,d_dims,NULL);
    H5Tinsert(compound_type,"d",HOFFSET(struct tmp_struct,d),array_type);
    H5Tclose(array_type);
}

RELEASE.txt

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 as "the release notes."

HISTORY.txt

A release-by-release history of the HDF5 library. This file is a compiled set of the release notes (i.e., the RELEASE.txt files) from prior releases.