Re: Help from fellow Fortran Users

From: Jan C. Vorbrüggen (jvorbrueggen_at_mediasec.de)
Date: 01/28/04 

Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 13:47:15 +0100

> I think the only cases he actually spoke of were for shorter actual
> arguments than dummies, Richard.

Yes, that was what I was thinking about.

> I no longer remember enough of my VAX time to have any clear recollection
> of what happened if you made the mistake the other way.

The argument list usually contained a list of addresses to the actual
arguments (no register-based argument passing), unless you explicitly
passed an argument by value. When you then overwrote with a larger-sized
item, the usual unpredictable stuff would occur - unless it was a constant
argument, in which case you trigger an access violation.

        Jan

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