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From: smryan@garth.UUCP (s m ryan)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: Question on DATA and SAVE.
Message-ID: <2482@garth.UUCP>
Date: 27 Jan 89 23:30:53 GMT
Reply-To: smryan@garth.UUCP (s m ryan)
Organization: intergraph/apd in sunny california
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Does anyone have an opinion or knowledge of whether it is meaningful to
initialise a local variable of a subprogram with a DATA but not SAVE the
variable? It would seem the variable can become undefined on entry so that
the DATA would be ignored.

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Going through X3.9-1978 I saw the following in Appendix B:

All combinations of connect and exist are possible, for example

connect   exist
 ...       ...
  no        no     The reel of tape destroyed in the fire last week.
-- 
When it was caught, then Loki said,                                   -s m ryan
`What fish is this from river's bed?
Your doom is near; to Hel you'll fly                           -- Andwari's Gem
unless with gold your life you buy.'                                    -- 1/10