[netCDF #CYF-313110]: Help on building netCDF 4.0 for windows

Hi Ajit,

> My problem is that most of our access into the NetCDF library in
> ArcGIS is via the C++ libraries. Because of the compile errors I'm
> getting with the new C++ code, I tried using the old (3.x) files
> viz., netcdf.cpp, netcdfcpp.h etc, but that produces several runtime
> problems with the file ids etc. and the data file access is
> incorrect.
>
> Is there any chance of error-free C++ files for 4.x being available
> in the immediate future?

There is a good chance we will have up-to-date C++ sources soon for
4.x, as an external developer is currently working on this.  He has
not been constrained by backward compatibility with the 3.x C++ API.
He started with the current experimental code, but says his
implementation has an improved API.  The latest news we have from him
is that he hopes "to have it completed very soon".

To give you an idea of what's coming, he says:

> I have spent quite a bit of time playing around with ideas. In the end I
> have elected not to use the blitz array library and stick with what the
> STL can offer. I have also moved away from the original C++ API quite a
> bit. Hopefully the result is simpler and more transparent. One of my
> rationals is to store as little data in each object as possible and rely
> on the C API calls to deliver everything else. This minimizes the
> possibility that objects may not be holding the most current information .

--Russ

Russ Rew                                         UCAR Unidata Program
address@hidden                     http://www.unidata.ucar.edu



Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: CYF-313110
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: High
Status: Closed