iay@threel.co.uk (Ian "A." Young) (03/12/91)
In reply to Stephan Waser's question about timeouts in 3L FORTRAN: > Trying 3L FORTRAN's F77_CHAN_OUT_WORD_T I've the following > problem: if no Transputer is connected to the link I > send the message, the routine hangs. Neither communication is > performed (how should) nor the timeout works. > Does anyone out there know the reason for that behaviour and > is there another possibility to check whether the link is > connected (without using the information provided in the .cfg-file) In V2.0 of 3L Fortran, there was a problem with the _T library subroutines which may be what you are coming up against. This problem was cleared in V2.1 of 3L Fortran, which is now the current version being shipped to customers by 3L: the best solution to your problem would be to upgrade your compiler to the current version. You can contact your distributor about this or mail Support@ThreeL.CO.UK -- Ian Young, 3L Ltd