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Re: 19991102: attribute limit length?
- Subject: Re: 19991102: attribute limit length?
- Date: Wed, 03 Nov 1999 08:32:47 -0700
Matt,
> From: "Matt D'Ortenzio" <address@hidden>
> Subject: attribute limit length?
> Organization: NASA Ames Research Center
> Keywords: 199911022333.QAA29395 netCDF
In the above message, you wrote:
> I was wondering if there is any limit to the length of a string attribute.
I believe that a string attribute cannot be larger that the maximum
value of a "size_t".
> I believe the documentation says there isn't, but do you know of any
> problems that might occur when the attribute length gets too long? (besides
> memory restrictions when extracting them). Thanks so much.
Because string attributes are read into Fortran character variables
-- and such variables may have a limit imposed on them by the Fortran
compiler (e.g. 256 bytes) -- it might not be possible for a Fortran
program to read lengthy string attributes. Check your Fortran compiler
to be sure.
> -Matt D'Ortenzio
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