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BUG: Unused Local Variables Are Unavailable in the Debugger

PSS ID Number: 148201

Article Last Modified on 11/3/1999

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Fortran PowerStation for Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0

This article was previously published under Q148201

SYMPTOMS

Local variables flagged by the compiler as unused become unavailable in the debugger even if they have been initialized with the DATA statement.

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

Using Developer Studio build the following sample code. After building the project, start a debugging session. On the Build menu, click Debug, and then click Step Into. The variables "A" and "B" are not displayed in the locals window even though they have been initialized with the integer values of "1" and "2" respectively.

Sample Code

C Compile options needed: /Zi

      INTEGER A, B

      DATA A / 1 / 
      DATA B / 2 / 

      PRINT *, 'HELLO'
      END

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Keywords: kbLangFortran KB148201
Technology: kbAudDeveloper kbFORTRANPower400NT kbFortranSearch kbZNotKeyword8