(j3.2006) (SC22WG5.3515) WG5 ballot on N1718

Michael Ingrassia michaeli
Tue Feb 19 12:50:20 EST 2008


 A casual observer might infer that we've added lots of material
on common blocks, although I don't remember that we really have.  
The Index (Annex E) entry for common block in Fortran 2003 was

common block   *98*, 407, *427*, 471     (using * here for bold)

but in Fortran 2008 it's

common block, 4, 11, *11*, 28, 34, 86-89, 98, 99, 101, 102,
	110, 112-114, 271, 272, 435, 436, 430-442, 446,
	448-450, 455, 492, 540, 542, 543, 545

All these references seem to be real, so this is really an improvement.

I wonder if we should say so on page xiv.  Paragraph 4 could say

>It also contains the following nonnormative material, expanded and
improved:

The index is some 30% larger -- it was only 15 pages in Fortran 2003.

	--Michael I.



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