(j3.2006) Intrinsic modules

[malcolm at nag-j.co.jp]

Thanks to Kurt for a very cogent explanation.

Van Snyder wrote:
> I wouldn't have this problem if I could write
> 
> module IEEE_Arithmetic
> 
>   use, intrinsic :: IEEE_Arithmetic
> 
> end module IEEE_Arithmetic
> 
> but that's prohibited by 09-007r3:16.3.1p2.
> 
> This is one of several reasons I advocated to allow a local name (and 
> intrinsic module names are local names) to be the same as the name of a 
> module in which it appears.

To which I have to reply: there is not enough demand (or money) for even one vendor to add YET ANOTHER SYMBOL HACK to "solve" this problem.

I don't see how it solves it anyway, since this isn't the same source code as on a platform without an IEEE_ARITHMETIC module.  If we're allowed to change the source code to the extent of deleting the entire contents of a module (!) surely we're allowed to delete the MODULE and END MODULE lines as well.

Cheers,
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....................Malcolm Cohen, Nihon NAG, Tokyo.
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