error #6236 when building Fortran mex file

When I tried to build Fortran mex-file in 64-bit Matlab2014a, it was aborted with messages like the following.

error #6236: A specification statement cannot appear in the executable section.
      integer*4 dims(num_dim)
------^
error #6236: A specification
statement cannot appear in the executable section.
      integer task,i
------^

I built the same code successfully with previous Matlab versions.Does anyone have any idea how I should deal with this? Many thanks!

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

One of the #include files probably has an executable statement instead of just type information. What are the non-comment lines right before the first of the errors?

[Jackie]

Thank you for your reply. Two lines before the first error are

      mwSize num_dim
      num_dim = 3

Do you mean that? I only have #include "fintrf.h" in my code.

[Walter Roberson]

num_dim = 3 is not a valid statement before an integer*4 declaration. All declarations must proceed all executable statements. If you are using num_dim to define array dimensions then you should consider whether you should be using a PARAMETER statement.

[Jackie]

Ah, I see. Thank you so much for helping me out!