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  SEVERITY:  I

  MESSAGE TEXT:  Extension to FORTRAN-77:  CHARACTER*(*) argument
  used as function

  EXPLANATION:  A formal argument used as a function was declared
  CHARACTER*(*).  The FORTRAN-77 standard requires the length to be
  an integer constant.