(j3.2006) finalizing undefined entities

[Jim Xia]

j3-bounces at j3-fortran.org wrote on 03/18/2008 04:00:57 PM:

> 
> How about
> 
>          DEALLOCATE (pointer, stat=istat)
> 
> This would need to be done separately for each pointer; otherwise, 
> there is no 
> certainty that each valid target is deallocated.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> John.


That works for pointers assigned to a target that is not eligible for 
deallocation.  However in cases where the pointer is un-initialized and is 
therefore with garbage value, specifying stat= is not really helpful.  The 
DEALLOCATE statement may cause the program to die.

Cheers,

Jim Xia

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