Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfr...@ix.netcom.com> writes: > On Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:25:17 +0200, Giacomo Boffi > <giacomo.bo...@polimi.it> declaimed the following in > gmane.comp.python.general: > >> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <l...@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> writes: >> >> > In message <8662yfklzu....@aiuole.stru.polimi.it>, Giacomo Boffi wrote: >> > >> >> Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfr...@ix.netcom.com> writes: >> >> >> >>> FORTRAN just differentiates by having the main file start with >> >>> PROGRAM random_name >> >>> whereas subfiles are all either (or both) >> >>> SUBROUTINE another_name(args) >> >>> FUNCTION that_other_name(args) >> >> >> >> no BLOCKDATA? >> > >> > I think you mean COMMON. >> >> i meant BLOCKDATA > > It exists but I've only seen it used once... And I don't recall it > being "executable" in the same way as program/function/subroutine.
i simply meant that the BLOCKDATA statement can begin a subfile as well as SUBROUTINE or FUNCTION -- SarĂ² un'ingenua ma continuo a pensarla come prima, anche se probabilmente i fatti mi smentiscono. -- Francy, in IHC -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list