David, Integer type can be converted by the HDF5 library to other numeric types; bitfield cannot be converted. I hope other HDF folks will chime in if I am wrong.
Elena ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Elena Pourmal The HDF Group http://hdfgroup.org 1800 So. Oak St., Suite 203, Champaign IL 61820 217.531.6112 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Feb 17, 2016, at 2:04 PM, David <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hi Elena, What I don't understand is how H5T_NATIVE_B32 is different from H5T_NATIVE_UINT32. David On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 10:43 AM, Elena Pourmal <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: David, On Feb 11, 2016, at 10:39 AM, David <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > That looks perfect. Thank you so much. Do you know what is the purpose of the > H5T_NATIVE_Bxx types? Good question :-) B stands for bitfield. See https://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc1.6/Datatypes.htm, Section 6 and current https://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/RM/PredefDTypes.html Elena > _______________________________________________ > Hdf-forum is for HDF software users discussion. > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > http://lists.hdfgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/hdf-forum_lists.hdfgroup.org > Twitter: https://twitter.com/hdf5 _______________________________________________ Hdf-forum is for HDF software users discussion. [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://lists.hdfgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/hdf-forum_lists.hdfgroup.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/hdf5 _______________________________________________ Hdf-forum is for HDF software users discussion. [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://lists.hdfgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/hdf-forum_lists.hdfgroup.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/hdf5
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