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    lenp = buf;           /* keep the pointer to the length location for later */

    buf += 4;             /* skip over space for length */

​

    /* Encode number of dimensions */

    UINT32ENCODE(buf, (uint32_t)space->extent.rank);

    len += 4;

​

    /* Check for a "regular" hyperslab selection */

    if(space->select.sel_info.hslab->diminfo_valid) {

​

        /* Encode number of hyperslabs */

        H5_CHECK_OVERFLOW(block_count, hsize_t, uint32_t);

        UINT32ENCODE(buf, (uint32_t)block_count);

        len+=4;

​

        /* Now serialize the information for the regular hyperslab */

​

        /* Build the tables of count sizes as well as the initial offset */

        for(u = 0; u < ndims; u++) {