[MOAB-dev] netcdf nc_max_dims exceeded

[Rajeev Jain]

NetCDF has a limit of 1024 for NC_MAX_DIMS. 
Why is this limit set at 1024?
Are there problems if I increase this limit?

Some background:
An h5m file can be successfully created by CoreGen program in MeshKit that has 300 + sidesets, 
converting this .h5m file to exodus fails*, because it hits this limit while creating dist factors for sidesets (1859).

  //  sideset distribution factors
1855       int num_df_ss = -1;
1856       INS_ID(wname, "num_df_ss%d", index);
1857       if (nc_def_dim(ncFile, wname, (size_t)side_set.ss_dist_factors.size(), &num_df_ss) != NC_NOERR)
1858       {
1859         mWriteIface->report_error("WriteNCDF: failed to define number of dist factors in side set %d",
1860                                   side_set.id);
1861         return(MB_FAILURE);          /* exit define mode and return */
1862       }

*mbconvert doesn't give an error and writes a files that seems to be of correct size. I get to see this error only in the debugger.
https://trac.mcs.anl.gov/projects/ITAPS/ticket/286


Rajeev
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