(j3.2006) "Contiguous" doesn't quite do what I need

[Dan Nagle]

Hello,

Van Snyder wrote:

<snip>

> The notation I propose is just as simple as the contiguous attribute,
> and entirely subsumes it.  Instead of "real, contiguous :: A(:,:,:)" one
> writes "real :: A(::1,::1,::1)".

With rank as high as 15, the above is, indeed, complicated,
and, IMHO, extremely error-prone.

Parenthesized lists, where the applications programmer must count,
rather than name, the item to receive the attribute, should be
shunned.

-- 

Dan Nagle
Purple Sage Computing Solutions, Inc.