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Array has a corrupted discriptor, reliable?
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description: Hello folks, I am using IDL in corporation with Fortran and I am using arrays of variable size. Because I am in the initial stage of the program, I might make mistakes and have Fortran write data outside of my arrays. A simple example: idlarray = FltArr(OneTooFew) Call_External,.... (writng outside the idlarray bounds) .... End And I get a corrupted discriptor and the End in IDL. I was expecting a Segmentation fault, because I write data on a location that I have not allocated. Will I always get an error if I have Fortran write outside of my bounds or do I take the risk that I write data on wrong places without noticing? (This time, I am glad if I see an error message). Greetings, Joost Aan de Brugh
creator: Joost Aan de Brugh
date: 2008-07-28T10:24:44-00:00

Re: Array has a corrupted discriptor, reliable?
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description: Joost Aan de Brugh <joostadb@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello folks, > > I am using IDL in corporation with Fortran and I am using arrays of > variable size. Because I am in the initial stage of the program, I > might make mistakes and have Fortran write data outside of my arrays. Some Fortran compilers allow range checking with arrays as a compile time option. If your compiler support this function you'll get an error condition within the Fortran program. However, I don't know how to handle errors within Fortran code. Norbert
creator: Norbert Hahn
date: 2008-07-29T13:50:51-00:00

Re: Array has a corrupted discriptor, reliable?
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description: On Jul 29, 3:50 pm, Norbert Hahn <ihates...@nospam.invalid> wrote: > Some Fortran compilers allow range checking with arrays as a compile > time option. If your compiler support this function you'll get an > error condition within the Fortran program. However, I don't know > how to handle errors within Fortran code. > > Norbert Unfortunately, I don't know that much of Fortran as well. I use %val(argv(..)) in Fortran to convert from memory address to value, but Fortran has no clue what data type in in there. So if I put an integer varibale with value '2' and give it to Fortran. And I use Call routine(%val(argv(1)) and in the routine the variable is defined as a real, it becomes a stupid value corresponding to the only the second bit set (or however the integer '2' is stored). The same way I can pass whole arrays. For example, if I give the memory address of a 10-element floatarray and in Fortran i Call routine(%val(argv(1))) and the the corresponding variable in the routine is a Real, Dimension(10), it works fine. For safety, I might as well pass the 10 as an integer from IDL to Fortran so that Fortran knows that there are 10 elements. But if someone with humour sets the flag -fdefault-real-8 at the Fortran compiler somewhere in an obscure Makefile, Fortran will think it is a double array, taking five values constructed somehow from my floatarray and the next 40 bytes in memory. This though Fortran still thinks that the array is 10 elements long and there is no problem as long as the computer allows me to write (or read) from the 40 extra bytes (God knows what is in there). In my first example, I was expecting a segmentation fault caused by Fortran and not the nice little "Array has a corrupted discriptor". But now it looks like solved, since I tried this example (Fortran thinking they are doubles while they are floats) and I get my desired Segmentation fault. Kind regards, Joost Aan de Brugh
creator: Joost Aan de Brugh
date: 2008-07-29T16:01:04-00:00