* (only leave non-overlapped regions in original selection)
 
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/*
 * This file contains public declarations for the H5S module.
 */
#ifndef _H5Spublic_H
#define _H5Spublic_H
/* Public headers needed by this file */
#include "H5public.h"
#include "H5Ipublic.h"
/* Define atomic datatypes */
#define H5S_ALL         0
#define H5S_UNLIMITED   ((hsize_t)(hssize_t)(-1))
/* Define user-level maximum number of dimensions */
#define H5S_MAX_RANK    32
/* Different types of dataspaces */
typedef enum H5S_class_t {
    H5S_NO_CLASS         = -1,  /*error                                      */
    H5S_SCALAR           = 0,   /*scalar variable                            */
    H5S_SIMPLE           = 1,   /*simple data space                          */
    H5S_NULL             = 2    /*null data space                            */
} H5S_class_t;
/* Different ways of combining selections */
typedef enum H5S_seloper_t {
    H5S_SELECT_NOOP      = -1,  /* error                                     */
    H5S_SELECT_SET       = 0,   /* Select "set" operation            */
    H5S_SELECT_OR,              /* Binary "or" operation for hyperslabs
                                 * (add new selection to existing selection)
                                 * Original region:  AAAAAAAAAA
                                 * New region:             BBBBBBBBBB
                                 * A or B:           CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
                                 */
    H5S_SELECT_AND,             /* Binary "and" operation for hyperslabs