hdf5_ep

[svn-r13984] Description:
	Various code cleanups and refactor recent changes for h5stat to fit
into the existing library data structures better.

Tested on:
	Mac OS X/32 10.4.10 (amazon)
	FreeBSD/32 6.2 (duty)
	Linux/32 2.6 (chicago)
	Linux/64 2.6 (chicago2)