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Verify that an array 's data structure is correctly constructed
Changes and new features in V1.1
Only relatively minor changes have taken place since the previous
version (V1.0) of the ARY_ system. The most significant of these are
as follows:
- An obscure bug resulting from an un-annulled HDS locator has been
fixed. This could occasionally result in corrupted files if the
ARY_STYPE routine was called repeatedly from successive invocations of
an application in an ADAM monolith.
- Two new routines have been introduced, primarily to provide facilities
required by the NDF_ system:
- ARY_NDIM( IARY, NDIM, STATUS )
Enquire the dimensionality of an array
- ARY_OFFS( IARY1, IARY2, MXOFFS, OFFS, STATUS )
Obtain the pixel offset between two arrays
- A stand-alone (non-ADAM) version of the ARY_ library has been
added and new linker options files have been provided to allow linking
with either version.
- The encoding of ARY_ system identifiers has been changed to
improve the chance of detecting erroneous identifier values.
- Messages about array data structures now contain the full HDS object
name, including the full container file name.
- A few minor documentation errors have been corrected.
No changes to existing applications should be required, neither should any
re-compilation or re-linking be necessary.

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ARY A Subroutine Library for Accessing ARRAY Data Structures
Starlink User Note 11
R.F. Warren-Smith
28th April 1998
E-mail:rfws@star.rl.ac.uk