Hi - We just got the latest version of gpc: GNU Pascal version 19990118, based on gcc-2.8.1, compiled Aug 25 1999 09:07:02. and it is objecting to a line of code in one of my programs: ftp://ftp.ncifcrf.gov/pub/delila/makelogo.p I am compiling with: gpc makelogo.p -o makelogo The message I get is: makelogo.p: In function `Themain': makelogo.p:4093: cannot take address of bitfield `B' Line 4093 is: readln(symvec,map[b].b, map[b].n); b is defined as: b: integer; (* index to a symbol *) map is defined as: position = 0..mapmax; place = packed record b: char; (* the symbol *) n: integer (* the number of symbols *) end; so is it getting confused about the "two" uses of b? I changed b to 'bloop' and made a new variable, but the other b was still around and it still yelled: makelogo.p: In function `Themain': makelogo.p:4094: cannot take address of bitfield `B' I even changed the definition so that: readln(symvec,map[bloop].bsymbol, map[bloop].n); but *STILL* got: makelogo.p: In function `Themain': makelogo.p:4094: cannot take address of bitfield `Bsymbol' since map is used in other places, there seems to be a bug in the use here in the middle of a readln. So I defined c: char; and separated it; readln(symvec,c, map[bloop].n); map[bloop].bsymbol := c; and now it compiles. This program compiles just fine with the Sun compiler and translates into C with p2c and compiles with gcc. Regards, Tom Dr. Thomas D. Schneider National Cancer Institute Laboratory of Experimental and Computational Biology Frederick, Maryland 21702-1201 toms@ncifcrf.gov permanent email: toms@alum.mit.edu http://www.lecb.ncifcrf.gov/~toms/