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section_length[3] section1Length ;
The names of the files in the definitions/mars directory have also changed. Previously they had the prefix "grib1" but this was misleading as they pertain to all editions. So the new files have the prefix "grib" e.g.
definitions/mars/grib.oper.fc.def
The "include" statements now require the relative path from the top-level of the definitions directory so instead of
include "template.4.statistical.def"
We now have
include "grib2/template.4.statistical.def"
The migration from GRIB-API to ecCodes will not affect user software and will be managed in installation and linking phases. Nevertheless, very significant changes in the library have been performed to implement the encoding of different types of messages and in particular for BUFR.
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