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[Mike Cheek]

Hi, I've been converting my Microsoft Powerstation Fortran 77 program over under Plato. Been going fairly smooth until I hit this problem. I yielded to temptation (many years ago) and with Powerstation Fortran I used a non standard feature: Structures and Records. The Plato compiler doesn't like this. Is there a way for the compiler to accept this extension? Or do I need to do a rewrite? - Thanks for all your help.

Example of use:

structure /xyz/
real a
real b
end structure

record /xyz/mystuff
mystuff.a = 1.0
mystuff.b = 2.0
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Mike Cheek

[IanLambley]

Re-write to:
type xyz
real a
real b
end type

type(xyz) mystuff
mystuff%a = 1.0
mystuff%b = 2.0

You might consider obtaining a conversion program or write one yourself.
The microsoft structure is the same as the DEC VAX Fortran