BUG: Function Name Argument Causes Assert Failure

• Microsoft Fortran PowerStation for Windows 95 and Windows NT, version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

The compiler does not generate an appropriate compiler error message for a function that contains the function name in its argument list. Instead, the following assertion failure message is generated:

   Assertion failed: symbolptr->key.be_key == 0, file err_genex.c, line 395
   abnormal program termination

RESOLUTION

Do not use the function name in the function's argument list.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

A function's formal argument cannot be the same name as the function.

Compiling the following code demonstrates the problem:

Sample Code

C Compile options needed: none

        integer function i(i)
        i = i * 2
        return
        end