Allowing durations expressed as strings with the Fortran API

[ssenesi]

Model developpers would appreciate to be able to :

call xios_set_attr('field',freq_op='6h')

i.e. to benefit from the API of the same features as in xml file for expressing durations (without managing XIOS types)

I didn't find a function for converting from string to duration, which could help in this respect

[rlacroix]

The documentation is not up-to-date about this, I added those functions just before I left:

• xios_duration_convert_to_string
• xios_duration_convert_from_string

However I think it is easier to just use: call xios_set_attr('field',freq_op=6*xios_hour).

[ssenesi]

The use case actually is, broadly speaking :

call xios_set_var('duration_string_for_3D_fields_freqop', duration)
call xios_set_attr('a_3D_field',freq_op=duration)
call xios_set_attr('another_3D_field',freq_op=duration)

[rlacroix]

Ok, so I guess you indeed need to use either xios_duration_convert_to_string(duration) or xios_duration_convert_from_string(duration) at some point.

[ymipsl]

Rémi,

This ticket can be closed ?

[rlacroix]

Yes, I guess so.