(j3.2006) (SC22WG5.3591) Assumed-type and Assumed-rank extensions for C Interop TR.

[Bill Long]

Van Snyder wrote:
>
> RANK() was proposed for Fortran 90 in about 1986.  I argued against it, 
> back when I didn't appreciate the difference between specification and 
> initialization expressions, and it disappearred.  I don't know whether 
> it was my arguments that made the difference, or others objected as 
> well, and more eloquently and effectively than I did.
>   

I imagine that RANK() might have been rejected for f90 because the rank 
of an object was blatantly obvious from its declaration as an array (or 
scalar).   The assumed-rank concept is new here, and fails to come under 
that argument.  Whether a new intrinsic is needed now seems like a valid 
discussion point.  I left it out on the minimal changes principle, 
rather than because I thought it was defective.

Cheers,
Bill

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