Hi,
On Tue, 2 Mar 2004, 4:22pm -0500, [log in to unmask] wrote:
> (I sent this to the Lahey forum early today, but so far it
> hasn't been posted. Re-posted for this audience:)
>
> I noticed something in the LF95 language manual (rev. F, p.90),
> under COMMON. "Execution of a RETURN or END statement can cause
> data objects in a named common to become undefined unless the
> common block name has been declared in a SAVE statement." This
> strikes me as peculiar, since the whole purpose of a named
> COMMON block is to make the data in it globally available
> to any subprogram that references the block.
No way. Common blocks are supposed to be overlayable.
Always have.
-P.
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