	SUBROUTINE PASS_AMBIG_LIMS( cx, mr, status )

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* for axes in which limits are fully contained in the definition the
* requesting context limits are not necessarily complete or correct
* when the variable is computed (via IS_ALGEBRA) the limits are
* corrected and stored with the memory resident variable.
* This routine functions to pass those corrected limits back to the
* requesting context when that memory resident data is re-accessed.

* In one case the limits are not restrictive (e.g. DEFINE VAR NEW=U[K=1:5]
* which may be used via LOAD NEW[K=2:3] or LOAD NEW )
* and the requesting context limits should be used if they are given explicitly
* otherwise the full limits of the variable will be passed back.
* This is the case of uvlim_gvn_gnl (a non-restrictive range given in def'n)

* In a second case limits are restrictive (e.g. DEFINE VAR NEW=U[K=1:3@AVE])
* and the requesting context must be an exact hit if given explicitly.
* This is the case of uvlim_gvn_xact (an exact range given in the def'n)

* (uvlim_need_xact): Also, if a compressing transformation is specified
* within user-defined variables but limits are not given.  For example,
*	yes? DEFINE VAR KAVE = U[K=@AVE]
*	yes? LIST/K=1:3 KAVE
* The computed and stored context will have the correct Z world coord limits
* but will have K=-9999:-9999 (since it has been reduced to a point)
* The context used in searching will have K=1:3, incorrectly.
* Thus, unpecified_int4 subscript values must be passed back.

* Also, since data may be grabbed with limits completely unspecified
* (determined automatically from the file limits) the context limits may
* be unspecified although the mr variable limits are known.
* Pass back the mr limits.

* programmer - steve hankin
* NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA - Tropical Modeling and Analysis Program
* written for VAX computer under VMS operating system
*
* V200:  6/22/89
*	10/25/89 - allow unspecified context limits
*	 5/16/90 - allow file data to come back with smaller limits than
*		   requested --> context limits .GT. memory var. size
* Unix/RISC port - 8/12/91 *sh*
*     bug fix that needs to be applied to VMS version, too
*     see "8/12/91" below
*     8/28/91 - fix the 5/90 "kludge" so it cant result in lo>hi
* V230:  6/10/92 - bug fix for err220_unspec_limits.jnl
*                  CANCEL REGION;SET REG/K=1/L=1;STAT TEMP-TEMP[I=@AVE]
*                  results in unspecified world coord limits on I axis
*        11/4/92 - expanded variable name length
* V420:  11/95 - error conditions loosened to match the documentation
* V450:   1/97   - fix to never-observed bug: the check
*		        "uvar_given(idim,var) .LE. uvlim_gvn_xact"
*		   ignores the possibility of uvlim_irrelevant
* V500 *kob* 3/99- up VAR_CODE  to 64 chars 
* V510: *sh* 12/99 - support for uvlim_hiddef (EF caching)
* V530:  8/00 *sh* - added cx_type support
* V552 *acm* 4/03- up VAR_CODE  to 128 chars 
*       *acm* 3/12 6D Ferret (common uses nferdims in tmap_dims.parm)
*       *acm* 4/12 6D Ferret: time axis may be in t or f direction.
* V683  *acm*10/12 Improve handling of F axes and info about the calendar of the grid.
* V695  *acm* 2/15 cx_calendar stores info about calendar formatting of T and F axes
* V720: 4/17 *acm* Add direction-changing functions as a subset of grid-changing ones

        include 'tmap_dims.parm'
	include	'ferret.parm'
	include	'errmsg.parm'
	include	'xcontext.cmn'
	include	'xvariables.cmn'
	include	'xtext_info.cmn'

* calling argument declarations
	INTEGER	cx, mr, status

* local variable declarations
	INTEGER		idim, uvar
	CHARACTER	VAR_CODE*128

* initialize
	uvar = mr_variable( mr )

* data set:
* uvar data set is not necessarily the same as the searching context
	IF ( .NOT.uvar_need_dset(uvar) ) cx_data_set(cx)=mr_data_set(mr)

* take bad data flag from the memory resident result
	cx_bad_data( cx ) = mr_bad_data( mr )
	
* take data type from the memory resident result
	cx_type( cx ) = mr_type( mr )

* axis limits and subscripts:
	DO 100 idim = 1, nferdims

* error checks:
	   IF ( cx_given(idim,cx) ) THEN
	      IF ( uvar_given(idim,uvar) .EQ. uvlim_gvn_gnl
     .	      .OR. uvar_given(idim,uvar) .EQ. uvlim_hidden ) THEN
* ... suppose DEFINE VARIABLE NEW=TEMP[K=1:3]
* ... then    LIST NEW[K=5] doesn't make sense
	         IF ( mr_lo_ww(idim,mr).GT.cx_hi_ww(idim,cx)
     .           .OR. mr_hi_ww(idim,mr).LT.cx_lo_ww(idim,cx) ) GOTO 5100
!pre 11/95            IF ( mr_lo_ww(idim,mr).GT.cx_lo_ww(idim,cx)
!pre 11/95 .           .OR. mr_hi_ww(idim,mr).LT.cx_hi_ww(idim,cx) ) GOTO 5100
	      ELSEIF ( uvar_given(idim,uvar) .EQ. uvlim_gvn_xact ) THEN
* ... suppose DEFINE VARIABLE NEW=TEMP[K=1:3@AVE]
* ... then    LIST NEW[K=1:2] doesn't make sense
* 11/95 - not an error - just ignore the K=1:2 limits in the example
	         IF ( mr_lo_ww(idim,mr).NE.cx_lo_ww(idim,cx)
     .           .OR. mr_hi_ww(idim,mr).NE.cx_hi_ww(idim,cx) ) THEN
	            cx_lo_ss(cx,idim) = mr_lo_ss(mr,idim)
	            cx_hi_ss(cx,idim) = mr_hi_ss(mr,idim)
	            cx_lo_ww(idim,cx) = mr_lo_ww(idim,mr)
	            cx_hi_ww(idim,cx) = mr_hi_ww(idim,mr)
	         ENDIF
!pre 11/95      IF ( mr_lo_ww(idim,mr).NE.cx_lo_ww(idim,cx)
!pre 11/95.    .OR. mr_hi_ww(idim,mr).NE.cx_hi_ww(idim,cx) ) GOTO 5100
	      ENDIF
	   ENDIF

* pass limits back
	   IF (   uvar_given(idim,uvar) .EQ. uvlim_gvn_xact
     .	   .OR. ( ( uvar_given(idim,uvar) .EQ. uvlim_gvn_gnl
     .	   .OR.     uvar_given(idim,uvar) .EQ. uvlim_hidden )
     .		  .AND. .NOT.cx_given(idim,cx) )	    ) THEN

	         cx_lo_ss(cx,idim) = mr_lo_ss(mr,idim)
	         cx_hi_ss(cx,idim) = mr_hi_ss(mr,idim)
	         cx_lo_ww(idim,cx) = mr_lo_ww(idim,mr)
	         cx_hi_ww(idim,cx) = mr_hi_ww(idim,mr)

	   ELSEIF ( uvar_given(idim,uvar) .EQ. uvlim_need_xact ) THEN
	      cx_lo_ss(cx,idim) = mr_lo_ss(mr,idim)
	      cx_hi_ss(cx,idim) = mr_hi_ss(mr,idim)
! 6/92 bug fix: (possibly the IF test isn't needed - it's here to minimize
!                impacts of this fix)
              IF ( cx_lo_ww(idim,cx) .EQ. unspecified_val8
     .       .AND. mr_lo_ww(idim,mr) .NE. unspecified_val8 ) THEN
	         cx_lo_ww(idim,cx) = mr_lo_ww(idim,mr)
	         cx_hi_ww(idim,cx) = mr_hi_ww(idim,mr)
              ENDIF

* all abstract variables live on grid ABSTRACT, however,
* an expression like X+Y is normal to Z and T so they are flagged as irrelevant
	   ELSEIF ( uvar_given(idim,uvar) .EQ. uvlim_irrelevant ) THEN
	      cx_lo_ss(cx,idim) = unspecified_int4
	      cx_hi_ss(cx,idim) = unspecified_int4
	      cx_lo_ww(idim,cx) = unspecified_val8
	      cx_hi_ww(idim,cx) = unspecified_val8
* 9/97 *kob* cx_calendar must reflect these changes as well	  
	      IF (idim .EQ. t_dim .OR. idim .EQ. f_dim) 
     .                cx_calendar(idim,cx) = .FALSE.

* context limits unspecified but untransformed data limits available anyway
	   ELSEIF ( cx_lo_ss(cx,idim) .EQ. unspecified_int4 ) THEN
	      cx_lo_ss(cx,idim) = mr_lo_ss(mr,idim)
	      cx_hi_ss(cx,idim) = mr_hi_ss(mr,idim)
	      cx_lo_ww(idim,cx) = mr_lo_ww(idim,mr)
	      cx_hi_ww(idim,cx) = mr_hi_ww(idim,mr)

* If the computation has a grid-changing fcn chosen at run-time, we still need
* to use the limits as loaded
	   ELSEIF (has_uvar_dc .AND. uvar_given(idim,uvar) .EQ. uvlim_needed
     .		  .AND. .NOT.cx_given(idim,cx) 	    ) THEN

	         cx_lo_ss(cx,idim) = mr_lo_ss(mr,idim)
	         cx_hi_ss(cx,idim) = mr_hi_ss(mr,idim)
	         cx_lo_ww(idim,cx) = mr_lo_ww(idim,mr)
	         cx_hi_ww(idim,cx) = mr_hi_ww(idim,mr)

	   ENDIF
 

* 8/12/91 bug fix during Unix port
* this is not known to be the perfect fix (kludge)...
* User-defined variables that have explicit limits given in their definitions
* need to pass that information to the context that is requesting them
* in, for example:  LET MASK=TEMP[L=1]
*                   STAT/L=2 MASK*TEMP
* the expression needs to be evaluated as if it were MASK[L=1]*TEMP
! 1/97 - check against uvlim_irrelevant just to be thorough
           IF ( uvar_given(idim,uvar) .LE. uvlim_gvn_xact
     .    .OR.  uvar_given(idim,uvar) .EQ. uvlim_irrelevant  )
     .                               cx_given(idim,cx) = .TRUE.

* a bit of a kludge ... for some expressions with @AVE, etc. the cx subscript
* limits don't get set to unspecified.  Too lazy to find the "right" sol'n.
	   IF ( mr_lo_ss(mr,idim) .EQ. unspecified_int4 ) THEN
	      cx_lo_ss(cx,idim) = unspecified_int4
	      cx_hi_ss(cx,idim) = unspecified_int4
	   ENDIF

* another kludge (5/90) file data may come back smaller than
* requested --> calculated results from it will be smaller, too
	   IF ( cx_lo_ss(cx,idim) .LT. mr_lo_ss(mr,idim) ) THEN
	      cx_lo_ss(cx,idim) = mr_lo_ss(mr,idim)
	      cx_lo_ww(idim,cx) = mr_lo_ww(idim,mr)
*     8/28/91 - don't allow limits to be reversed: kludge patch
              IF ( cx_lo_ss(cx,idim) .GT.cx_hi_ss(cx,idim) ) THEN
                 cx_hi_ss(cx,idim) = mr_hi_ss(mr,idim)
                 cx_hi_ww(idim,cx) = mr_hi_ww(idim,mr)
              ENDIF
	   ENDIF
	   IF ( cx_hi_ss(cx,idim) .GT. mr_hi_ss(mr,idim) ) THEN
	      cx_hi_ss(cx,idim) = mr_hi_ss(mr,idim)
	      cx_hi_ww(idim,cx) = mr_hi_ww(idim,mr)
*     8/28/91 - don't allow limits to be reversed: kludge patch
              IF ( cx_lo_ss(cx,idim) .GT.cx_hi_ss(cx,idim) ) THEN
                 cx_lo_ss(cx,idim) = mr_lo_ss(mr,idim)
                 cx_lo_ww(idim,cx) = mr_lo_ww(idim,mr)
              ENDIF
	   ENDIF

 100	CONTINUE

* success
	status = ferr_ok
	RETURN

* error
 5000	RETURN
 5100	CALL ERRMSG( ferr_limits, status,
     .		ww_dim_name(idim)//
     .		' axis limits don''t match variable def''n: '//
     .		VAR_CODE( cat_user_var, uvar )//pCR//
     .	'Are you giving explicit limits when SET REGION would suffice ?',
     .	*5000 )
	END
