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[netCDF #TLO-836022]: group names that begin with numeric characters

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  • Subject: [netCDF #TLO-836022]: group names that begin with numeric characters
  • Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 13:11:09 -0600
Hi Charlie,

Last November, you wrote:
> Thank you for your quick response, Dennis.
> Following your suggestion does not work for me
> with the latest ncgen snapshots, yet does work
> with some earlier versions of ncgen.
> Error with today's snapshot:
> 
> zender@givre:~$  ncgen -v
> netcdf library version 4.3.1-rc4 of Nov 18 2013 12:40:08 $
> 
> zender@givre:~$ ncgen -k netCDF-4 -b -o ~/bug.nc ~/bug.cdl
> Bad octal constant: \1g

Using your example file, this seems to be fixed in netCDF C versions after
4.3.1, including 4.3.1.1 released in Feb 2014 and 4.3.2 released in April
2014.  So I'll close this ticket unless I hear otherwise from you.

Thanks!

--Russ

> On 11/18/2013 12:29 PM, Unidata netCDF Support wrote:
> > An identifier with a leading digit
> > is allowed, but the leading digit
> > must be escaped. So in your example
> > change 1g -> \1g
> >
> >
> > =Dennis Heimbigner
> >    Unidata
> >
> >
> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: TLO-836022
> > Department: Support netCDF
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Closed
> >
> 
> --
> Charlie Zender, Earth System Sci. & Computer Sci.
> University of California, Irvine 949-891-2429 )'(
> 
> 

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



Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: TLO-836022
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Critical
Status: Closed