Hello,
What is the portable way to write / read data ?
Say my data is an array of doubles (C type).
My understanding is that if I write them in a data set with the
H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE type, then:
1. the type is modified to H5T_IEEE_F64BE or H5T_IEEE_F64LE according
to the endianness (say it is BE) of the computer I use.
2. data are written in the hdf5 file.
Now I have to read the data from another computer (say it is a LE one).
My understanding is that I still must use the H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE type,
and, that:
1. data are read in BE.
2. data are converted to LE.
3. data are sent back (as LE).
Am I correct ? Is that the right way to do things ? If not, what is the
right way ?
Happy new year,
Franck
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