replaced uint with size_t

[guj]

as reported in:
#3638

[eisenhauer]

@guj I'd see this as a bug, so maybe target to release_29 rather than master(so that it goes into the 2.9.1 release) and tag it as backport to master (and @vicentebolea will manage that bit) ?

[guj]

@guj I'd see this as a bug, so maybe target to release_29 rather than master(so that it goes into the 2.9.1 release) and tag it as backport to master (and @vicentebolea will manage that bit) ?

Fine with me. Double checking with @vicentebolea. Shall I merge to release_29 instead of master?

[vicentebolea]

master, this PR changes the signature of public headers functions.

[guj]

master, this PR changes the signature of public headers functions.

OK Thanks!

[vicentebolea]

Do we need this for the next patch release?

[guj]

Do we need this for the next patch release?

Guess not urgently.

[eisenhauer]

Actually, I think I need to push back on the public headers argument. I don't see that this is in any way a "public" header. It doesn't get installed, so it's not going to be referenced outside the ADIOS build. The two functions affected are not consumed outside of the h5vol build. Is there a conceivable way that putting this into a release would do more than let ADIOS compile in an environment in which it is currently broken?

[vicentebolea]

. I don't see that this is in any way a "public" header.

@eisenhauer you are right, my bad, I thought that this header gets installed but it is not the case. I am not too familiar about the H5Vol component, but I can see now that it is intended to be used as a plugin.

@guj This is change is in an internal function that does not affect the ABI of the plugin thus it should be good to go :). Please merge to master and I will backported with other MRs to release_29.

[guj]

@eisenhauer @vicentebolea
Please approve so I can merge :)

[ax3l]

master, this PR changes the signature of public headers functions.

Just FYI, since this breaks compilation for 2.9.0 and is new therein, I will need to patch this into any (at least Win) package manager I find for 2.9.0 - so you can also break public API and add it to master @vicentebolea, so 2.9.1+ will have it :)

Please merge to master and I will backported with other MRs to release_29.

Oh, I should read to the end :)