Effect and Restrictions

Effect:

$$\begin{minipage}[t]{\linewidth}\small\begin{tabbing} \verb$for al... ...verb$, ..., $$i_{R-1}$\verb$],$ \\ \>\verb$...] ;$ \end{tabbing}\end{minipage}$$

where $(N_0, \ldots, N_{R-1})$ is the shape of destination array. If mask is absent, the assignment is unconditional.

Value restrictions:

All elements of the $r$th subscript array must be in the range 0, ...,$N$-1 where $N$ is the extent of the source array in its $r$th dimension.

Type restrictions:

The elements of the source and destination arrays must have the same type if primitive. If the element types are Object, subtypes of all objects referenced by elements of the source array must be assignable to elements of the destination array.

Shape restrictions:

The destination array, all subscript arrays, and the mask array, if defined, must have the same shape.

Alignment restrictions:

All subscript arrays and the mask array, if defined, must be aligned with the destination array.

Containment restrictions:

The source and subscript arrays, the mask array, if defined, and the destination array must be fully contained in the active progess group.

Overlap restrictions:

In-place updates are not allowed. The source and destination arrays must not overlap--no element of source array must be an alias for an elements of destination array. This is only an issue if both arguments are sections of the same array.

Replicated data:

If the source array has replicated mapping, the value for a particular element is taken from one of its copies. If the destination array has replicated mapping, identical values are broadcast to every copy of the elements.