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Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

Title:	DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90
Notice:	See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit
Moderator:	STAR::VATNE

Created:	Mon Oct 30 1989
Last Modified:	Mon Dec 31 1990
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	3726
Total number of notes:	19516

857.0. "Segmentation error with MAX f77 and XLib" by LARVAE::BULLARD () Wed May 31 1989 03:15

    
        I have hit a problem using f77 on the DS3100 to write programs
    using the XLib routines.The problem seems to occur when trying to
    pass a structure to an Xlib routine.I have hit the problem with two
    routines in particular although I suspect many other are affected in
    the same way.
        The routines that I have had problems with are XNextEvent and 
    XDrawLines. I get a segmentation error.
             I have posted the question in many notesfiles but no-one
    has  responded.Also other people have hit the problem some time ago
    and they never got their problem solved.
            My question, is this a known problem and should I avoid
    using these  routines until some bug has been fixed or is it a usage 
    problem.If so could someone post a working example.At the moment I am
    thinking of QARing the problem.
            Here is how I have used the routines
                                                   
                INCLUDE '/usr/include/X11/xlibF77.h'
                INCLUDE '/usr/include/X11/xlibF77.h'
                RECORD /XEvent/              EVENT
                PARAMETER NPOINTS = 5
                RECORD /XPoint/              POINTS(NPOINTS)
    
          CALL XDrawLines(DPY, PIXMAP_ID, GC_PIXMAP, POINTS,NPOINTS,
      +                           CoordModePrevious)
    
    
          CALL XNextEvent(DPY, EVENT)
    
    The rest of the program compiles and links quite happily and
    it  runs up until these calls which then produce the segmentation
    error.
    
    Any ideas
    
    regards Mark

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857.1 STAR::BRANDENBERG Si vis pacem para bellum Wed May 31 1989 08:06 10

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857.1		STAR::BRANDENBERG	Si vis pacem para bellum	`Wed May 31 1989 08:06`	10
	Unfortunately, I don't have a Pmax so I can't say for certain, but I assume f77 on this box uses pass-by-reference as the default argument passing mechanism. If you're using the C Xlib bindings as the code suggests, you'll need to pass-by-value most scalar arguments, such as DPY, NPOINTS, PIXMAP_ID, GC_PIXMAP, CoordModePrevious, etc., or use some jacket routines for Xlib (supplied perhaps?). m

    
    Unfortunately, I don't have a Pmax so I can't say for certain, but I
    assume f77 on this box uses pass-by-reference as the default argument
    passing mechanism.  If you're using the C Xlib bindings as the code
    suggests, you'll need to pass-by-value most scalar arguments, such as
    DPY, NPOINTS, PIXMAP_ID, GC_PIXMAP, CoordModePrevious, etc., or use
    some jacket routines for Xlib (supplied perhaps?).
    
    						m