From 1668b9900867d107fcc42cba4e7dabbddfc9c483 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Whitaker <jswhit@fastmail.fm>
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2024 14:27:26 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] update

---
 src/netCDF4/_netCDF4.pyx | 13 +++++++++----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/netCDF4/_netCDF4.pyx b/src/netCDF4/_netCDF4.pyx
index df196d2a0..7e3c397a4 100644
--- a/src/netCDF4/_netCDF4.pyx
+++ b/src/netCDF4/_netCDF4.pyx
@@ -4654,12 +4654,17 @@ pre-filled)."""
             try:
                 fillval = self._FillValue
             except AttributeError:
-                # _FillValue attribute not set, use default _FillValue
-                # for primite datatypes.
-                if self._isprimitive:
+                # _FillValue attribute not set, see if we can retrieve _FillValue.
+                # for primitive data types.
+                if self._isprimitive
                     return np.array(default_fillvals[self.dtype.str[1:]],self.dtype)
+                    #fillval = np.array(default_fillvals[self.dtype.str[1:]],self.dtype)
+                    #with nogil:
+                    #    ierr=nc_inq_var_fill(self._grpid,self._varid,&no_fill,fillval)
+                    #_ensure_nc_success(ierr)
+                    #return fillval
                 else:
-                    # no default filling for non-primitive datatypes.
+                    # no default filling for non-primitive data types.
                     return None
 
     def ncattrs(self):