FORTRAN Reference Manual

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Equivalencing RECORD Fields
Considerations
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You cannot use a DATA statement to initialize the value of a RECORD, or a field of
a RECORD.
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You cannot declare a RECORD within a BLOCK DATA subprogram.
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A common block can contain at most one RECORD.
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A common block that contains a RECORD cannot contain variables or arrays.
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The maximum size of a RECORD, or of one element of a dimensioned RECORD,
is 32,767 bytes, including all of its constituent fields.