BUG: F1001: omf.c:160', Line 185; Huge Array with /Fa or /Fc

• Microsoft FORTRAN for MS-DOS, versions 4.0, 4.01, 4.1, 5.0, and 5.1
• Microsoft FORTRAN for OS/2, versions 4.1, 5.0, and 5.1

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft FORTRAN versions 4.0, 4.01, 4.1, 5.0 and 5.1, when compiling a program that contains an array over 2,147,483,648 bytes long under MS-DOS or OS/2 with the /Fa or /Fc option, the third pass of the compiler generates the following error:

   fatal error F1001: Internal Compiler Error
   (compiler file '@(#)omf.c:1.60', line 185)
   Contact Microsoft Technical Support

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft FORTRAN versions 4.x and 5.x for MS-DOS and OS/2.

This is not a problem in FORTRAN PowerStation, because [huge] is not supported.

MORE INFORMATION

Note: An array this large cannot be declared in a code module compiled with Microsoft FORTRAN because of the linker limit of 244, 64K segments per module. (The limit stated in the manual is 255 segments per module, but 11 segments are preassigned.) Thus, even under OS/2, the largest possible data item is 64K times 244 or 15,990,784 bytes. If the internal compiler error does not occur, the following linker error should be generated:

   fatal error L1047: too many group, segment, and class names in
                      one module

       integer*2 n [huge] (2000000000)
       end

   fatal error F1002:  out of heap space
   run-time error R6000
   - stack overflow

Compiling a program with an array dimensioned to 20,000,000 (two less zeros than the original array) generates the following error during link:

   fatal error L1047: too many group, segment, and class names in
                      one module