Hi Rhys, On Feb 11, 2011, at 3:05 PM, Rhys Ulerich wrote:
> Hi Daniel and Ray, > >>>> I've noticed that h5dump seems to truncate comments. > >>> I reported this bug several weeks ago, so I think the answer is "there is no >>> switch to fix it." > >> One of us is working on it. > > Thank you! > >>> Actually, I don't understand the reason for the existence of the object >>> comment facility. Is there a substantive difference between a comment and >>> an HDF5 attribute called, say, "COMMENT"? > > Functionally, nothing. Conceptually, lots. Comments are for humans > and attributes are for machines. Analogously, in C-speak one could > claim that both of > > A) static const char cmt1[] = "Some pertinent comment"; > B) /* Some pertinent comment */ > > are functionally equivalent. Obviously, they're conceptually quite > distinct. Fortunately, the C language folks decided to not make > programmers simulate comments via other language functionality. > >> Actually, the library has deprecated comment in favor of attributes. > > Say it ain't so! There's unlimited goodness to be gained by having an > unambiguous comment facility! > Noted. We will revisit the issue and update our docs. Elena > - Rhys > > _______________________________________________ > Hdf-forum is for HDF software users discussion. > [email protected] > http://mail.hdfgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/hdf-forum_hdfgroup.org _______________________________________________ Hdf-forum is for HDF software users discussion. [email protected] http://mail.hdfgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/hdf-forum_hdfgroup.org
