[NeXus-committee] need help with class specifications: what's the meaning parentheses in member lists?

[Pete Jemian]

Joachim:

The parentheses indicate default values.

In the case of type (and that particularly would be /data/ type), the 
default NeXus data type is NX_CHAR when not specified in the NXDL.

See NXdata for examples:
http://download.nexusformat.org/doc/html/classes/base_classes/NXdata.html


In the case of the element name (and this only applies to groups), the 
parentheses surround the suggested name of the group when it has not 
been specified in the NXDL.

See NXentry for examples:
http://download.nexusformat.org/doc/html/classes/base_classes/NXentry.html

If you look carefully, you'll see that in each case, the suggested name 
is obtained from the group by removing the "NX" prefix.


These comments should become part of the manual.  My suggestion is to 
add them as notes on this page:

http://download.nexusformat.org/doc/html/classes/index.html

Thanks,
    Pete

On 7/8/2014 10:20 AM, Joachim Wuttke wrote:
> For each base class, there is a members table in the PDF doc.
> Some entries in the columns "Name and Atributes" and "Type"
> are in parentheses. What does this mean?
> I would expect an explanation in the introductory pages 90-92,
> but don't find one.
> - Joachim
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