typedef changes?

• To: netcdfgroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
• Subject: typedef changes?
• From: Paul Wessel <wessel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 22 Jun 1995 08:36:33 -1000

Hi-
        We use netcdf for gridded files used by the Generic Mapping Tools (GMT),
a package used by ~5000 scientists around the world.  We just released a beta
version of 3.0 and have received several letters about compile problems which
seem to be caused by the removal of several typedefs in the netcdf.h file:

      typedef char        ncchar  ;
      typedef char        ncbyte  ;
      typedef short       ncshort ;
      typedef float       ncfloat ;
      typedef double    ncdouble;

Are these no longer used by netcdf?  We have code that uses the nc* notation.
What fix do you recommend?

Paul Wessel