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[netCDF #IGW-204788]: NetCDF doc errata



Hi Ãric,

> I am writing to you because I believe to have found a small error in the
> official NetCDF library documentation. (I hope to have reached the right
> staff member...)
> 
> It's the following.  For the nc_def_opaque() function in the C binding
> documentation, the usage prototype has the 'name' and 'size' arguments
> inverted (2nd and 3rd arguments) respective to the definition found in
> the header file netcdf.h or in the example.  In the PDF document, it's
> at section 5.27, p.81.  The Fortran-77 binding doc presents the same
> inversion.  The Fortran-90 binding doc seems ok though.

Thanks for reporting this error.  I've verified the documentation bug in the C 
and
Fortran-77 Users Guides and checked in a fix.  The documentation for the 
def_opaque
functions should be corrected in the upcoming 4.1.2 release.

--Russ

Russ Rew                                         UCAR Unidata Program
address@hidden                      http://www.unidata.ucar.edu



Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: IGW-204788
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed


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