Re: And now for something completely different...interface for the new

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• Subject: Re: And now for something completely different...interface for the new
• From: Quincey Koziol <koziol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 13:02:22 -0600 (CST)

Hi Ed,

> > I suggest we add one function:
> > 
> > EXTERNL int 
> > nc_inq_unlimdims(int ncid, int *numlimdimsp, int *unlimdimidsp);
> > 
> > This function will return the number of unlimited dimensions in
> > nunlimdimsp, and an array of their ids in unlimdimidsp.
> > 
> > Meanwhile, nc_inq_unlimdim will return the first defined unlimited
> > dimension, for backward compatibility.
> > 
> > Any suggestions, corrections, rejections, projections, dejections,
> > directions, restrictions, or digressions are welcome.
> 
> This looks ideal to me, except for the minor typo in the prototype:
> 
> > EXTERNL int 
> > nc_inq_unlimdims(int ncid, int *numlimdimsp, int *unlimdimidsp);
>                                   nunlimdimsp
> 
> In the documentation, I would specify that the int* unlimdimidsp
> pointer could be NULL if you just want to inquire about the number of
> unlimited dimensions without getting their IDs.  This would also
> permit doing that first to allocate the right amount of space to hold
> the unlimited dimension IDs.
    Seems sensible to me.  (At least at this time in the development cycle :-)

        Quincey

• References:
  • Re: And now for something completely different...interface for the new netcdf-4 feature of multiple dimensions.
    • From: Russ Rew