FEATURES

Type of Work	Item	Explanation	Documentation
Research	Support for pointer datatypes.	Some users would like support for datatypes similar to C pointers. There are many potential users. One user is trying to represent binary trees & linked lists in HDF5 file, so could use pointers in HDF5 concept. Useful in DNA sequence support, too. The PDB format supports pointers effectively.	n/a

Type of Work

Research

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Item

Support for pointer datatypes.

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Explanation

Some users would like support for datatypes similar to C pointers. There are many potential users. One user is trying to represent binary trees & linked lists in HDF5 file, so could use pointers in HDF5 concept. Useful in DNA sequence support, too. The PDB format supports pointers effectively.

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Documentation

n/a