Causes the values and definition of objects to be saved across invocations of a subprogram. The SAVE attribute can be specified in a type declaration statement or SAVE statement, and takes one of the following forms: Type Declaration Statement: type, [att-ls,] SAVE [,att-ls] :: [obj [,obj]...] Statement: SAVE [obj [,obj]...] type Is a data type specifier. att-ls Is an optional list of attribute specifiers. obj Is the name of an object, or the name of a common block enclosed in slashes (such as /CBLOCK/). In VSI Fortran, the definitions of COMMON variables, and local variables of non-recursive subprograms (other than allocatable arrays or variables declared AUTOMATIC), are saved by default. To enhance portability and avoid possible compiler warning messages, HP recommends that you use the SAVE statement to name variables whose values you want to preserve between subprogram invocations. When a SAVE statement does not explicitly contain a list, all allowable items in the scoping unit are saved. A SAVE statement cannot specify the following (their values cannot be saved): o A blank common o An object in a common block o A procedure o A dummy argument o A function result o An automatic object o A PARAMETER (named) constant Even though a common block can be included in a SAVE statement, individual variables within the common block can become undefined (or redefined) in another scoping unit. If a common block is saved in any scoping unit of a program (other than the main program), it must be saved in every scoping unit in which the common block appears. A SAVE statement has no effect in a main program. The SAVE attribute is compatible with the ALLOCATABLE, DIMENSION, POINTER, PRIVATE, PUBLIC, STATIC, TARGET, and VOLATILE attributes.