Description:
Declare a C function argument,
given that the actual argument will be a CHARACTER variable passed from a FORTRAN program.
Invocation
CHARACTER(arg)
Arguments
arg
The dummy argument to be declared.
Examples:
CHARACTER(x)
will expand as follows:
| All Unix: | char x |
| VAX/VMS: | struct dsc$descriptor_s x_arg |
Notes:
On a VAX/VMS system, the macro expands to a pointer to a descriptor whereas on other
systems it expands to a pointer to char.