Re: 19990325: c++ interface bug? NcFile::get_var()

Ionutz,

> To: address@hidden
> From: Ionutz Borcoman <address@hidden>
> Subject: is this a bug in c++ interface ?
> Organization: .
> Keywords: 199903251256.FAA21940

In the above message, you wrote:

> My system is a Debian Linux with glibc 2.1 and egcs-2.91.63.
> 
> I want to test if a certain variable exists in a NcFile *nc. I used:
> nc->get_var("xxx") function. If "xxx" really exists, I get the pointer
> to it. But if it is inexistent, then my program sigsegvs.
> 
> If I use the C function nc_inq_varid, all things are dandy. Shouldn't
> NcFile::get_var(NcToken name) check if the name is valid and return a
> NULL if not valid ? Or allocate a var and return false when test it with
> is_valid(). 

Are you saying that your NcFile::get_var() returns a non-null pointer
for a non-existant variable?  If so, then this is a bug.  Can you send
us a small program that exhibits the problem?

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Steve Emmerson   <http://www.unidata.ucar.edu>