In hdf5 an hid identifier can be valid even if the object is unlinked from everything else in the file, the object's name, btw., does no longer exist at that point. According to the valid hid, there may still be a reference count from this object to attributes and datasets. These can still be accessed.
gicmo
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8 years ago
In hdf5 an hid identifier can be valid even if the object is unlinked from everything else in the file, the object's name, btw., does no longer exist at that point. According to the valid hid, there may still be a reference count from this object to attributes and datasets. These can still be accessed.
This pr is related to issue #565