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sparge



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 7:23 am    Post subject: select_graphics_object@ Reply with quote

Just investigating a mysterious problem with code that has been (apparently) working fine for some years, and found my way to this line:

call select_graphics_object@ (hangra)

Stepping through the code, I found that two of the four values returned by a subsequent call to get_graphics_selected area@ were garbage. This prompted me to check the user manual, where I found that select_graphics_object@ is apparently a function, not a subroutine. Prompting (at least) two questions:

Am I right in that it was once a subroutine, and that the definition has been changed at some point? Even if I'm wrong and it was always a function, why doesn't the compiler pick up my attempt to use it as a subroutine?

Confused and potentially vexed,

Andy Mad
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 1:34 am    Post subject: select_graphics_object@ Reply with quote

select_graphics_object@ has always been a function but FTN95 allows you to call it as a subroutine.
The argument is a user-supplied integer that identifies a given %gr region.

As a general rule a Fortran compiler does not know if an external subprogram is a function or a subroutine. At best it can only check that your usage is consistent (similarly for the number and types of its arguments). In the present case the routine is given an interface in a header file so perhaps a check for function/subroutine usage could be made. However, there are obviously cases where one is not interested in the value returned by a function and it is convenient to be able to call it as a subroutine.

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