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FITSIO Conventions and Guidelines
Subsections
CFITSIO Size Limitations
Multiple Access to the Same FITS File
Current Header Data Unit (CHDU)
Subroutine Names
Subroutine Families and Datatypes
Implicit Data Type Conversion
Data Scaling
Error Status Values and the Error Message Stack
Variable-Length Array Facility in Binary Tables
Support for IEEE Special Values
When the Final Size of the FITS HDU is Unknown
Local FITS Conventions supported by FITSIO
Support for Long String Keyword Values.
Arrays of Fixed-Length Strings in Binary Tables
Keyword Units Strings
HIERARCH Convention for Extended Keyword Names
Optimizing Code for Maximum Processing Speed
Background Information: How CFITSIO Manages Data I/O