#define H5T_VARIABLE    ((size_t)(-1))  /* Indicate that a string is variable length (null-terminated in C, instead of fixed length) */
 
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/*
 * This file contains public declarations for the H5T module.
 */
#ifndef _H5Tpublic_H
#define _H5Tpublic_H
/* Public headers needed by this file */
#include "H5public.h"
#include "H5Ipublic.h"
#define HOFFSET(S,M)    (offsetof(S,M))
/* These are the various classes of datatypes */
/* If this goes over 16 types (0-15), the file format will need to change) */
typedef enum H5T_class_t {
    H5T_NO_CLASS         = -1,  /*error                                      */
    H5T_INTEGER          = 0,   /*integer types                              */
    H5T_FLOAT            = 1,   /*floating-point types                       */
    H5T_TIME             = 2,   /*date and time types                        */
    H5T_STRING           = 3,   /*character string types                     */
    H5T_BITFIELD         = 4,   /*bit field types                            */
    H5T_OPAQUE           = 5,   /*opaque types                               */
    H5T_COMPOUND         = 6,   /*compound types                             */
    H5T_REFERENCE        = 7,   /*reference types                            */
    H5T_ENUM         = 8,   /*enumeration types                          */
    H5T_VLEN         = 9,   /*Variable-Length types                      */
    H5T_ARRAY            = 10,  /*Array types                                */
    H5T_NCLASSES                /*this must be last                          */
} H5T_class_t;
/* Byte orders */
typedef enum H5T_order_t {
    H5T_ORDER_ERROR      = -1,  /*error                                      */
    H5T_ORDER_LE         = 0,   /*little endian                              */
    H5T_ORDER_BE         = 1,   /*bit endian                                 */
    H5T_ORDER_VAX        = 2,   /*VAX mixed endian                           */
    H5T_ORDER_MIXED      = 3,   /*Compound type with mixed member orders     */