Add C API functions for safe string attribute retrieval #4804
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New functions that support a two-call pattern to retrieve string attribute data of unknown length (first call with NULL buffer to get length, then allocate and call again to get data): - adios2_attribute_string_data() - for single-value string attributes - adios2_attribute_string_data_array() - for string array attributes Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <[email protected]>
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New functions that support a two-call pattern to retrieve string attribute data of unknown length (first call with NULL buffer to get length, then allocate and call again to get data):