Aliasing Across Calls

Aliasing occurs when the same storage address is referenced by more than one name. This happens when actual arguments to a subprogram overlap between themselves or between COMMON variables within the subprogram. For example, arguments X and Z refer to the same storage locations, as do B and H:

  COMMON /INS/B(100)
  REAL S(100), T(100)
  ...
  CALL SUB(S,T,S,B,100)
  ...
  SUBROUTINE SUB(X,Y,Z,H,N)
  REAL X(N),Y(N),Z(N),H(N)
  COMMON /INS/B(100)
  ...

Avoid aliasing in this manner in all portable code. The results on some systems and with higher optimization levels could be unpredictable.