BUG: FOR2715 Error Generated for Pointer Assignment

Last reviewed: April 26, 1996
Article ID: Q150148

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft FORTRAN PowerStation for Windows 95 and Windows NT, version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When you declare a pointer array assignment using this format:

   pointer=>target(array:section)(character:substring)

the compiler incorrectly generates the following error message:

   error FOR2715: right-hand side of POINTER assignment is not a POINTER
                  expression

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

Sample Code to Illustrate Problem

! Compile options needed: none

      character (len=1), pointer, dimension(:) :: p
      character (len=8), target, dimension(5) :: c

      c='test'
      p=>c(:)(1:1)
      print *, p
      end

Additional reference words: 4.00
KBCategory: kbprg kbbuglist
KBSubcategory: FORTLngIss

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Last reviewed: April 26, 1996
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