I have been trying to figure out from first principles the
algorithm for determining the size parameter to give to
H5Tcreate. I need this to support access by an interpretive
language.
My general hypothesis is as follows.
1. construct a C language type corresponding to the type to be created
(call it T1).
2. replace all occurrences of variable length types (including strings?)
in T1 with the following struct.
typedef struct {
size_t size;
void* data;
} hvl_t;
3. the size of T1 is the same as the sizeof function
applied to the corresponding C type.
I converted the above to an algorithm that assumes maximal
field packing (i.e. no padding) for simplicity. The
algorithm is below. Is this the correct algorithm (assuming
you can figure it out from my cryptic representation)? Is
this documented anywhere (I could not find it)? Where in
the code is this computed (I assume it is there somewhere)?
=Dennis Heimbigner
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Algorithm:
T represents an arbitrary type defined using the HDF type system
(primitive or user defined).
A star (*) indicated variable length.
sizeof(byte) = 1
sizeof(short) = 2
...
sizeof(double) = 8
sizeof(ENUM) = sizeof(unsigned int) // 32 bit int
sizeof(STRING) = sizeof(hvl_t)
sizeof(OPAQUE(n)) = n
sizeof(T(*)) = sizeof(hvl_t) // VLEN of T
sizeof(T[n1]) = sizeof(T)*n1 // 1-d array: n1 an integer
sizeof(T[n1,n2]) = sizeof(T)*(n1*n2) // 2-d array: n1,n2 are integers
sizeof(T[n1,n2,n3]) = sizeof(T)*(n1*n2*n3) // 3-d array: n1,n2,n3 are integers
...
sizeof(T[*]) = sizeof(T(*)) // equivalent to VLEN
sizeof(T[*,n1]) = sizeof(T(*))
sizeof(T[n1,*]) = n1*sizeof(T(*))
sizeof(T[n1,*,n2]) = n1*sizeof(T(*))
...
sizeof(struct{T1 f1, T2 f2}) = sizeof(T1) + sizeof(T2) // assume packed
sizeof(struct{T1 f1, T2 f2, T3 f3}) = sizeof(T1) + sizeof(T2)
+ sizeof(T3)
...
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