BUG: F2333 Error Not Generated in Illegal Redefinition

ID: Q149474

The information in this article applies to:

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

SYMPTOMS

An illegal redefinition of a named constant, explicitly defined with a type and the PARAMETER attribute, doesn't cause the F2333 compiler error message.

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


C Compile options needed: none
      PROGRAM TEST
        INTEGER, PARAMETER :: A = 5
        DIMENSION :: A(1:10)  ! No F2333 compiler error generated
      END PROGRAM

Additional query words: 4.00

Keywords : kbFortranPS kbLangFortran
Version : :4.0
Platform : NT WINDOWS
Issue type :