Such macros are provided to facilitate application compatibility. Their use and mappings are fully described in “API Compatibility Macros in HDF5”; we urge you to read that document closely.

When both the HDF5 Library and the application are built and installed with no specific compatibility flags, H5Dcreate is mapped to the most recent version of the function, currently H5Dcreate2. If the library and/or application is compiled for Release 1.6 emulation, H5Dcreate will be mapped to H5Dcreate1. Function-specific flags are available to override these settings on a function-by-function basis when the application is compiled.

Specific compile-time compatibility flags and the resulting mappings are as follows:

A dataset created with this macro should be closed with H5Dclose when the dataset is no longer needed so that resource leaks will not develop.

SUBROUTINE h5dcreate_f(loc_id, name, type_id, space_id, dset_id, & 
     hdferr, dcpl_id, lcpl_id, dapl_id)

  IMPLICIT NONE
  INTEGER(HID_T), INTENT(IN) :: loc_id   ! File or group identifier 
  CHARACTER(LEN=*), INTENT(IN) :: name   ! Name of the dataset 
  INTEGER(HID_T), INTENT(IN) :: type_id  ! Datatype identifier 
  INTEGER(HID_T), INTENT(IN) :: space_id ! Dataspace identifier 
  INTEGER(HID_T), INTENT(OUT) :: dset_id ! Dataset identifier 
  INTEGER, INTENT(OUT) :: hdferr         ! Error code  
                                         ! 0 on success and -1 on failure
  INTEGER(HID_T), OPTIONAL, INTENT(IN) :: dcpl_id 
                                         ! Dataset creation property list
  INTEGER(HID_T), OPTIONAL, INTENT(IN) :: lcpl_id 
                                         ! Link creation property list
  INTEGER(HID_T), OPTIONAL, INTENT(IN) :: dapl_id 
                                         ! Dataset access property list
END SUBROUTINE h5dcreate_f