Bug Fix/Code Cleanup/Doc Cleanup/Optimization/Branch Sync :-)
Description:
Generally speaking, this is the "signed->unsigned" change to selections.
However, in the process of merging code back, things got stickier and stickier
until I ended up doing a big "sync the two branches up" operation. So... I
brought back all the "infrastructure" fixes from the development branch to the
release branch (which I think were actually making some improvement in
performance) as well as fixed several bugs which had been fixed in one branch,
but not the other.
I've also tagged the repository before making this checkin with the label
"before_signed_unsigned_changes".
Platforms tested:
FreeBSD 4.10 (sleipnir) w/parallel & fphdf5
FreeBSD 4.10 (sleipnir) w/threadsafe
FreeBSD 4.10 (sleipnir) w/backward compatibility
Solaris 2.7 (arabica) w/"purify options"
Solaris 2.8 (sol) w/FORTRAN & C++
AIX 5.x (copper) w/parallel & FORTRAN
IRIX64 6.5 (modi4) w/FORTRAN
Linux 2.4 (heping) w/FORTRAN & C++
Misc. update:
Description:
Replaced cout's with cerr's.
Replaced macro VERIFY with template function verify_val to
verify read data/info.
Cleanup various places in the tests to make them more consistent.
Platforms tested:
SunOS 5.7 (arabica)
Linux 2.4 (eirene)
Text cleanup
Description:
Re-worded some informative and error messages.
Remove/Updated outdated comments.
Platforms:
Linux 2.4 (eirene)
IRIX 6.5.11 (modi4)
Purpose:
Code cleanup
Description:
Moved a utility function out so other tests can use the same
function and avoid code duplication. Future utility functions
can also benefit from this move.
Platforms tested:
SunOS 5.7 (arabica)
Linux 2.4 (eirene)
IRIX 6.5.11 (modi4)
HPUX 11.00 (kelgia)
Quincey Koziol
Binh-Minh Ribler