Hi Ed,
> Elena Pourmal <epourmal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > Here is an example how to use H5Tget_native instead of constructing memory
> > type
> >
> > http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/training/other-ex5/h5nestc.c
> >
>
> OK, this seems like magic!
:-)
> I've changed by program to use the get_native_type function, and now
> everything works perfectly. I've read the documentation for
> H5Tget_native_type and it's really not clear to me how it manages to
> deal with the padding of a struct.
>
> Can someone explain what's going on? What does get_native_type do for
> compound types?
As part of the process of building the library, we generate information
about the compiler's padding for fields in compound types. H5Tget_native_type
uses that information to translate a non-native compound type into a native
compound type.
Quincey
P.S. - Sorry this is late - it was mis-filed by my procmail recipes and I just
found it.
