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- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 10:58:10 CDT
- Reply-To: "R. Snyder" <rsnyder@LOBBY.TI.COM>
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- From: "R. Snyder" <rsnyder@LOBBY.TI.COM>
- Subject: Re: The RETAIN Statement
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- In-Reply-To: <9209101537.AA16453@ti.com>; from "John R. Gerlach" at Sep 10,
- 92 10:36 am
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- SUBJECT: Retain Statement
- SUMMARY: "Snyd" remark
- REL/PLTF: 6.07/HP300
- E-ADDR: rsnyder@lobby.ti.com
- NAME: Bob Snyder
- COMPANY: Texas Instruments, Sherman, TX
- PHONE: (903) 868-5799
- FAX: (903) 868-7240
- >
- > Greetings,
- >
- > There seems to be a problem with the RETAIN statement. Consider
- > the code below which produces a single observation data set containing
- > n-variables initialized to zero using the RETAIN statement. At the
- > 96th, 97th, and 98th iteration, SAS generates an "Internal compiler
- > stack overflow" error message. A patch to this problem is to use
- > two RETAIN statements. Any comments?
- >
- > The SAS (6.06) code was executed on an IBM 3090 running VM/CMS.
- >
- >
- Same problem on V6.07 for HP300 (UNIX).
-
- Perhaps it will be fixed in the same mythical "next release" that SI says
- will fix all my problems.
-
- Bob
-