Re: 971208: Bug when creating float attribute

> From: Tom LeFebvre <address@hidden>
> To: Russ Rew <address@hidden>
> Subject: Bug when creating float attribute

Hi Tom,

> We've recently bumped into a bug when creating a float attribute of a
> netCDF variable.  The value of the attribute is fine right before we
> create the new attribute, but when we call var->add_att(const char *,
> float) the value in the netCDF file is 0.0.  We also get an
> uninitialized memory read (UMR) from Purify during the execution of
> add_att. 
> 
> Has this bug been reported before and if so, is there a patch for it?
> If not, I'd be happy to whip up a small piece of code that
> demonstrates the bug and send it to you.  Thanks!

Nope, we haven't seen that one before.  If you can construct a small
example demonstrating the problem, we'd appreciate it.  Thanks.

--Russ