(j3.2006) error in CD 1539-1

[Robert Corbett]

Paragraph 2 of Section 5.3.9 of CD 1539-1 states

     If an external procedure or dummy procedure is used as
     an actual argument or is the target of a procedure
     pointer assignment, it shall be declared to have the
     EXTERNAL attribute.

Paragraph 4 of Section 12.5.2.9 states

     If an external procedure name or a dummy procedure
     name is used as an actual argument, its interface
     shall be explicit or it shall be explicitly declared
     to have the EXTERNAL attribute.

The statement from Section 5.3.9 is clearly deficient.  I
suggest rewriting it as

     If an external procedure name or dummy procedure
     name is the target of a procedure assignment, it
     shall be declared to have the EXTERNAL attribute.

Deleting the statement about actual arguments from
Section 5.3.9 eliminates the possibility of conflict with
the statement in Section 12.5.2.9.  If it is considered
important to state the requirement in Section 5.3.9 as
well as in Section 12.5.2.9, a note describing the
requirement and referencing Section 12.5.2.9 could be
added to Section 5.3.9.

The same defect in present in the Fortran 2003 standard,
but not in the Fortran 95 standard.

Bob Corbett