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> Subject: C++ version of netcdf > For the C++ version of netcdf could we have the error output go to > a user specified stream rather than to a log file. The user can then make > the stream go anywhere. > > Steve Simpson The next release of the netcdf C++ will probably change quite a bit. I would like to see us use exceptions if it can be done portably. At a minimum, it will reflect the philosophy of netcdf-3 in that the library doesn't do error i/o. -glenn