diff --git a/src/H5Part.c b/src/H5Part.c
index dfe8160..96d8ea0 100644
--- a/src/H5Part.c
+++ b/src/H5Part.c
@@ -1603,6 +1603,7 @@ _H5Part_set_step (
 		    "%s#%0*lld",
 		    f->groupname_step, f->stepno_width, (long long) step );
 	}
+
 	if ( (f->mode != H5PART_READ) && _H5Part_have_group ( f->file, name ) ) {
 		return HANDLE_H5PART_STEP_EXISTS_ERR ( step );
 	}
@@ -1717,11 +1718,8 @@ _H5Part_iteration_operator (
 	if ( data->type != H5G_UNKNOWN ) {
 #if H5_VERS_MAJOR == 1 && H5_VERS_MINOR == 8
                 H5O_info_t objinfo;
-                hid_t member_id;
-                member_id = H5Gopen2 ( group_id, member_name, H5P_DEFAULT );
-		herr = H5Oget_info ( member_id, &objinfo );
+		herr = H5Oget_info ( group_id, &objinfo );
 		if ( herr < 0 ) return (herr_t)HANDLE_H5G_GET_OBJINFO_ERR ( member_name );
-                H5Gclose (member_id);
 #else
 	        H5G_stat_t objinfo;
 		herr = H5Gget_objinfo ( group_id, member_name, 1, &objinfo );
diff --git a/src/H5Part.h b/src/H5Part.h
index 667d3f8..a0b2b91 100644
--- a/src/H5Part.h
+++ b/src/H5Part.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #include "H5PartTypes.h"
 
-
+/* error values */
 #define H5PART_SUCCESS		0
 #define H5PART_ERR_NOMEM	-12
 #define H5PART_ERR_INVAL	-22
@@ -26,15 +26,23 @@ extern "C" {
 #define H5PART_ERR_MPI		-300
 #define H5PART_ERR_HDF5		-400
 
-/* flags used during file open */
+/* file open flags */
 #define H5PART_READ		0x01
 #define H5PART_WRITE		0x02
 #define H5PART_APPEND		0x04
-#define H5PART_VFD_MPIPOSIX     0x08
-#define H5PART_FS_LUSTRE        0x10
-#define H5PART_FS_GPFS          0x20
+#define H5PART_VFD_MPIPOSIX	0x08
+#define H5PART_FS_LUSTRE	0x10
+#define H5PART_FS_GPFS		0x20
 
+/* verbosity level flags */
+#define H5PART_VERB_NONE	0
+#define H5PART_VERB_ERROR	1
+#define H5PART_VERB_WARN	2
+#define H5PART_VERB_INFO	3
+#define H5PART_VERB_DEBUG	4
+#define H5PART_VERB_DETAIL	5
 
+/* data types */
 #define H5PART_INT64		((h5part_int64_t)H5T_NATIVE_INT64)
 #define H5PART_FLOAT64		((h5part_int64_t)H5T_NATIVE_DOUBLE)
 #define H5PART_FLOAT32		((h5part_int64_t)H5T_NATIVE_FLOAT)