From: utzoo!decvax!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uicsovax!hamilton Newsgroups: net.bugs.4bsd Title: Re: update on f77 common block prob. - (nf) Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.319 Posted: Thu Aug 5 20:30:32 1982 Received: Sun Aug 8 07:01:31 1982 #R:uicsovax:2200003:uicsovax:2200004:000:543 uicsovax!hamilton Jun 23 22:43:00 1982 the compiler error messages will go away if you redefine the INTEGERs in the COMMON block from INTEGER*2 to INTEGER*4, or re-arrange the order of the members of the COMMON block so that each REAL follows an even number of INTEGER*2s (either by actually re-arranging the members, or inserting dummy INTEGER*2s for alignment padding). f77 is acting rather peculiar here? i would expect it to provide any alignment padding necessary (as C does for structs) with at most a warning. wayne hamilton (decvax!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uicsovax!hamilton)