H5Treclaim

fnherr_t H5Treclaim(hid_t type_id, hid_t space_id, hid_t plist_id, void * buf)

Reclaims memory used by variable-length datatype data.

Frees the memory allocated for variable-length data that was read from a dataset or attribute.

Parameters

type_idDatatype identifier
space_idDataspace identifier
plist_idProperty list identifier, or H5P_DEFAULT
bufBuffer containing variable-length data to reclaim

Returns

Non-negative on success, negative on failure.