Microsoft KB Archive/148606

= BUG: FOR1138 Error INQUIRE(IOLENGTH) of Character Function =

PSS ID Number: 148606

Article Last Modified on 11/4/1999

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Fortran PowerStation for Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0

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This article was previously published under Q148606



SYMPTOMS
When you use the INQUIRE statement's IOLENGTH option, if the output list contains a function that returns a variable-length character string, the compiler generates the following internal compiler error:

error FOR1138: internal compiler error

Internal Error -- please report this bug

Command line error D2013: internal compiler error.



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.



Sample Code to Illustrate Problem
C Compile options needed: none

INTERFACE FUNCTION G(J) CHARACTER(LEN=J) G       END FUNCTION END INTERFACE

INQUIRE(IOLENGTH=I) (G(1)) ! This line causes the error. WRITE(*,*) " I = ", I     END

FUNCTION G(J) INTEGER J     CHARACTER(LEN=J) G      G="1" END FUNCTION

Additional query words: 4.00

Keywords: kbLangFortran KB148606

Technology: kbAudDeveloper kbFORTRANPower400NT kbFortranSearch kbZNotKeyword8

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