(j3.2006) MPI usage problems in Fortran

[Lionel, Steve]

Bill Long wrote:

> OK.  Your no_arg_check directive sounds like similar things I've seen
> in
> other compilers.  It is useful.  The version we had thought about was
> an
> IGNORE attribute that took an argument, similar to the syntax for
> INTENT. It would apply only to declarations of dummy arguments.  Thus
> 
> IGNORE(T) would ignore type mismatches.
> IGNORE(K) would ignore kind mismatches.
> IGNORE(R) would ignore rank mismatches.
> 
> Combinations would be allowed, such as
> 
> IGNORE(TKR) which would ignore type, kind, and rank mismatches.

I like that.

Steve Lionel
Developer Products Division
Intel Corporation
Nashua, NH