[ET Trac] [Einstein Toolkit] #1501: Include string null terminator in HDF5 attributes

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#1501: Include string null terminator in HDF5 attributes
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 Reporter:  barry.wardell  |       Owner:  eschnett           
     Type:  enhancement    |      Status:  new                
 Priority:  major          |   Milestone:                     
Component:  Carpet         |     Version:  development version
 Keywords:                 |  
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 The HDF5 documentation <http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/RM/RM_H5T.html
 #Datatype-SetSize> states that the size of a string should include space
 for a null terminator. Up to now, the "name" attribute in HDF5 output
 files was stored as a string excluding the null terminator. This meant
 that when the attributed was read back, it could not be treated as a
 standard C string since it was missing the null terminator.

 The attached patch changes the behaviour so that the null terminator is
 included.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.einsteintoolkit.org/ticket/1501>
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