f2c table limit error

[Dan Mick]

In article <786 at utrcu1.UUCP> emmerik at utrcu1.UUCP (Emmerik P.J.L. van) writes:
>In article <785 at utrcu1.UUCP>, emmerik at utrcu1.UUCP (Emmerik P.J.L. van) writes:
>> 
>> Using f2c, i have the following problem:
>> 
>>   $ f2c tesfil.f
>>   testfil.f:
>>       testfil:
>>    Compile error line 13 of ../include/paramdefs.ii0: Too many names.
>>    Table limit now 401.
>>    Try recompiling using the -Nn802 option
>> 
>> I am using f2c version 27 june 1990, created on an APOLLO using
>> Domain/OS Version 10.1.
>> 
>Most answers told me just to add a -Nn802 option to the command as
>suggested in the message (-Nn802 being an undocumented f2c option).

-Nn is right there in my manpage for f2c; if it's really not in yours,
best get the latest version.

>The reason this was not obvious to me (in fact i tryed it) is that i
>used the f2c sources created on an Apollo system (the sources include a
>YACC file) compiled an runned them on a VAX/VMS system.
>Becouse VAX/VMS systems do not handle upper and lowercase characters the
>way UNIX systems do, f2c did not get the message.
>Fiddeling a bit the following worked:
>  f2c:==$f2c.exe
>  f2c "-Nn802" filename
>
>  f2c -Nn802 filename
>results in the message:
>  Error on line 0: Invalid flag '-nn802'

...which didn't immediately make you think "Why did it translate -Nn to -nn?"?
Why not?  Why, after seeing that, didn't you immediately think "Oh, this
isn't an f2c problem at all?"

Simple problem analysis saves a lot of net dollars, not to mention saving a 
lot of your time...