H5Part development and discussion

[John Biddiscombe <biddisco AT cscs.ch>]

> C99 allows variable declaration anywhere inside a function, not just at the 
> top. AFAIK there is no variable declaration *after* the first use in H5Part, 
> otherwise this must be fixed.
>   
yup. I checked up. C90 insists on variable declarations at the start of 
a function. C99 permits them intermixed with code (but before use), It 
turns out the Microsoft compiler never supported C99 and so it is better 
to just compile as C++ on win32.

I shall not waste any more time on it!

JB