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970815: NCCLOBBER and NCNOCLOBBER
- Subject: 970815: NCCLOBBER and NCNOCLOBBER
- Date: Fri, 15 Aug 97 12:24:09 -0600
Carlie,
> To: address@hidden
> From: Carlie Coats <address@hidden>
> Subject: NCCLOBBER and NCNOCLOBBER
> Organization: North Carolina Supercomputing Center/MCNC Environmental Programs
> Keywords: 199708151759.LAA18276
>
> Dear Support:
>
> We have been having various problems with programs using netCDF
> since we upgraded to V3.3.1, and have traced the problem back to
> the following fact:
>
> The tokens NCCLOB and NCNOCLOB changed from netCDF2 to netCDF3
>
> As a result, our libraries which provide an AQM-oriented API on top
> of netCDF no longer work. Why this gratuitous change?
>
> The "Transition Guide",
>
> (http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/netcdf/guidef/guidef-20.html#HEADING20-0)
>
> needs to be updated. When it says,
>
> It is not necessary to rewrite programs that use the
> version 2 FORTRAN interface, because the netCDF-3 library
> includes a backward compatibility interface that supports
> all the old functions, globals, and behavior...
>
> this is not entirely correct. It is in fact necessary to re-compile
> all existing applications, not merely re-link them.
>
> Please adjust the documentation accordingly, and also post an
> appropriate message to the netCDF mailing list.
>
> - --
> Carlie J. Coats, Jr. address@hidden
> MCNC Environmental Programs phone: (919)248-9241
> North Carolina Supercomputing Center fax: (919)248-9245
> 3021 Cornwallis Road P. O. Box 12889
> Research Triangle Park, N. C. 27709-2889 USA
> "My opinions are my own, and I've got *lots* of them!"
Thanks. You might be interested in the following URL:
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/netcdf/known_problems.html#fortran-rco
des
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Steve Emmerson <http://www.unidata.ucar.edu>