[NeXus-code-tickets] [NeXusCode] #132: Cannot modify length of a string (or delete it) once written

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#132: Cannot modify length of a string (or delete it) once written
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  Reporter:  Stuart Campbell  |       Owner:  Unassigned     
      Type:  defect           |      Status:  new            
  Priority:  major            |   Milestone:  NeXus 4.2 Ready
 Component:  napi             |     Version:  trunk          
Resolution:                   |    Keywords:                 
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Comment (by Mark Koennecke):

 Deleting datasets is not supported in HDF-5. This is not so easy. There
 are two workarounds:
 - Using an UNLIMITED dimension on the first dimension allows to append
 data
 - Use a large enough string to start with and make sure that the empty
 space is filled with \0.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.nexusformat.org/code/ticket/132#comment:1>
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