The CONTEXT_SHARED directive specifies that the same memory location will be used for a symbol declared in a routine. The symbol uses the same memory location in any parallel DO-loops contained within the routine.

If a routine has several concurrent invocations (because it is called from within a parallel DO-loop), each invocation uses different memory locations for its variables that are declared CONTEXT_SHARED.

The CONTEXT_SHARED directive takes the following form:

cPAR$ CONTEXT_SHARED syname [,syname] . . .

c

Is the letter or character that introduces the directive tag (see Section 11.1).

syname

Is the name of a variable, array, or record declared within the routine.

Rules and Behavior

CONTEXT_SHARED can appear anywhere within declaration statements in the routine.

Arrays cannot be dimensioned within CONTEXT_SHARED.

Symbols listed in CONTEXT_SHARED cannot also be listed in a PRIVATE directive.