C++ and hdf5

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I have been working with hdf5 and its C API. I like/love it :slight_smile:

However, I would love to try out the C++ API. Is there anything
special I need to do to get the C++ api to compile when doing
./configure in the hdf5 source directory? It does not create the
hdf5c++ program for me. Any thoughts?

TIA

Also, is it "easier" to go with the C++ API versus the C API?

路路路

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Thanks for the response. I think I will stick with the C interface or
even dive into Python.

It seems h5py is well maintained.

路路路

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 11:25 PM, Binh-Minh Ribler<bmribler@hdfgroup.org> wrote:

Hi Mag,

The C++ API is not funded and so it is not fully supported yet. That is, it
doesn't have wrappers for many C functions. However, I've seen C++
applications call some C functions directly when their wrapper is not
available in the C++ API. You just need to pass in <C++ API object>.getId()
as an id to the C function.

In order to build the C++ API, you need to put --enable-cxx on the
./configure line.

Hope this helps.
Binh-Minh

-----Original Message-----
From: Mag Gam [mailto:magawake@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 11:06 PM
To: hdf-forum@hdfgroup.org
Subject: [hdf-forum] C++ and hdf5

I have been working with hdf5 and its C API. I like/love it :slight_smile:

However, I would love to try out the C++ API. Is there anything
special I need to do to get the C++ api to compile when doing
./configure in the hdf5 source directory? It does not create the
hdf5c++ program for me. Any thoughts?

TIA

Also, is it "easier" to go with the C++ API versus the C API?

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