[netCDF #FVM-642365]: netcdf C++4 API - classic mode

Hi Klaus,

> I just started working with the new C++ API to NetCDF, the current
> stable release:
> 
> netcdf-cxx4-4.2.1
> 
> I want to write classic NetCDF files, therefore I call the NcFile
> constructor with:
> 
> NcFile test(FILE_NAME, NcFile::replace, NcFile::classic);
> 
> But as soon as I start to write data (via ...putVar(...)) to the file,
> an exception is raised with the text:
> -----
> NcInDefineMode: Operation not allowed in define mode
> file: ncVar.cpp  line:720
> -----
> 
> I checked this behaviour also with the NetCDF example code
> ("pres_temp_4D_wr.cpp"), where I only added "NcFile::classic" to the
> NcFile constructor, with the same result (after also adding
> 'cout << e.what() << endl' to the example code).
> 
> Therefore I think, for the 'classic' mode, the switch from define to
> data mode is broken.
> Could you check this behaviour?

Yes, thanks for the error report.  I was able to duplicate the problem, 
and now there's a fix on GitHub:

  https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-cxx4

as well as a test in the examples/simple_xy_wr_formats.cpp that verifies 
that files of all formats can now be created.  This fix will be in the
next release, along with a lot of other fixes recently contributed by
another generous developer.  If you want to try the latest version, you
can clone the current GitHub release, run "autoreconf -if" in the top-level
directory to generate a "configure" script, and then build it in the usual 
way.

> P.S. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Thanks, same to you and yours ...

--Russ

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



Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: FVM-642365
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed