bugfix: string read size, cleanup build and comments

• fix %get for string--use string of len >= desired text, then truncate with c_nul
• cleanup syntax, check for more fine-grained errors, fix meson and cmake build settings

improve test robustness, use updated hdf5 meson dep

updated HDF5 dep in Meson removes need for lengthy manual find.

Improved test robustness.

meson cleanup

• backport meson logic from dev branch till 0.53.0 release

better handle static/shared libs in CMake or Meson

v1.3.0

meson: also have libdl

Enhanced Mac and Windows builds with Meson

also moved CI to GitHub Actions.

Typically this object-oriented HDF5 Fortran interface would be used with:

• Linux: system HDF5
• MacOS: Homebrew
• Windows: MSYS2

More explicit use statements, enhance meson CI

v1.0.3

meson testing template

BUGFIX: self-test

made the path to the self-test hdf5 files absolute to avoid intermittent self-test errors

BUGFIX and null strip

bugfixes:

• integer scalar read was gibberish, fixed typo
• chunk size works for 7d now.

feature add:

• strip_trailing_null() function, removes C "Null" character from end of string.

7D for all types

read/write 0-d to 7-d data

handles to polymorph functions

v1.0.0

handles to polymorph