List of distributed array descriptors

   Distribued array descriptors can be conveniently stored in the descriptor list, and they can be retrieved at a later time with variable names (character strings):

      ret = zio_add_to_list('t',distarray1) ! Store distarray1 for variable 't'
      ...
      ret = zio_get_distarray('t',darray)   ! Descriptor returned in darray
      ...                                   ! Use darray to read variable 't'

It is not necessary to use this feature of storing to and retrieving from the distributed array descriptor list, if a user remembers the descriptor for each field to be read or written. If this feature is used in conjuction with netCDF I/O, the variable name used for storing in the descriptor list must be the same as the netCDF variable name defined with zio_nf_def_var. See Sections  and .