(j3.2006) (SC22WG5.4130) [ukfortran] Interoperability of dummyarrays

[Aleksandar Donev]

Hello,

On 11/26/2009 4:34 PM, Malcolm Cohen wrote:
> I am looking at F2003; note that 15.2.6 item (5) does not require that 
> the dummy argument interoperates with the formal parameter, it merely 
> requires that the formal parameter be a pointer type and that the dummy 
> argument interoperates with "an entity of the referenced type".
Ah, yes, I was looking at the wrong section, thanks! Obviously array 
interoperability has nothing to do with it...

>> void test(n[3], x[NPROD], y[]);
>>  where NPROD must have the value n(1)*n(2)*n(3)
As Malcolm explained, this can't work because C does not have adjustible 
arrays (I believe "variable length arrays" were introduced in C99 but I 
am not sure they are widely supported now)---perhaps we should think 
about extending interop to cover those in the future.

Aleks

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