Restrictions

• Each record is allocated separately in memory.

• Initially, records have undefined values.

• Records, record fields, record arrays, and record-array elements are allowed as arguments and dummy arguments. When you pass records as arguments, their fields must match in type, order, and dimension. The record declarations in the calling and called procedures must match.

• Within a union declaration, the order of the map fields is not relevant.

• Record fields are not allowed in COMMON statements.

• Records and record fields are not allowed in DATA, EQUIVALENCE, NAMELIST, PARAMETER, AUTOMATIC, STATIC, or SAVE statements. To initialize records and record fields, use the STRUCTURE statement. See "STRUCTURE" for more information.