Convert some H5MM calls to standard C equivalents #4411

Job	Run time
Windows MSVC CMake REL TS	9m 23s
Windows MSVC CMake DBG TS	7m 12s
Windows MSVC CMake REL	15m 36s
Windows MSVC CMake DBG	17m 28s
Ubuntu gcc CMake REL TS	4m 45s
Ubuntu gcc CMake DBG TS	3m 39s
Ubuntu gcc CMake REL	10m 48s
Ubuntu gcc CMake DBG	9m 26s
Ubuntu gcc Autotools REL TS	7m 16s
Ubuntu gcc Autotools DBG TS	5m 44s
Ubuntu gcc Autotools REL	16m 26s
Ubuntu gcc Autotools DBG	21m 21s
Ubuntu gcc Autotools parallel (build only) REL TS	7m 24s
Ubuntu gcc Autotools parallel (build only) DBG TS	5m 51s
Ubuntu gcc Autotools parallel (build only) REL	7m 20s
Ubuntu gcc Autotools parallel (build only) DBG	7m 13s
MacOS Clang CMake REL TS	3m 48s
MacOS Clang CMake DBG TS	2m 12s
MacOS Clang CMake REL	10m 37s
MacOS Clang CMake DBG	10m 42s
Ubuntu gcc Autotools v1.6 default API (build only) DBG	10m 39s
Ubuntu gcc Autotools v1.8 default API (build only) DBG	9m 17s
Ubuntu gcc Autotools v1.10 default API (build only) DBG	11m 36s
Ubuntu gcc Autotools v1.12 default API (build only) DBG	10m 30s
Ubuntu gcc Autotools v1.14 default API (build only) DBG	10m 39s
Ubuntu gcc Autotools no deprecated symbols (build only) DBG	8m 54s
Ubuntu gcc Autotools -Werror (build only) DBG	7m 24s
Ubuntu gcc Autotools -Werror (build only) REL	9m 31s
Ubuntu gcc Autotools parallel -Werror (build only) DBG	7m 31s
Ubuntu gcc Autotools parallel -Werror (build only) REL	6m 20s
	4h 36m 32s

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