(j3.2006) (SC22WG5.4231) [ukfortran] WG5 ballot on the draft FDIS

[Malcolm Cohen]

> This is the letter ballot that WG5 agreed to hold on the draft FDIS for
> Fortran 2008. This has been constructed by the editor in accord with 
> resolution
> LV6 of the recent WG5 meeting (see N1811) with the few very minor additional
> changes that are detailed in N1822.
>
> Please answer the following question "Is N1814 ready for forwarding to SC22
> as the FDIS for Fortran 2008?" in one of these ways.
>
> 1) Yes.
> 2) Yes, but I recommend the following changes.

Proposed change 1:
  Introduction, page xiv, "Programs and procedures:" bullet point,
  after "A null pointer" insert "or unallocated allocatable".
Reason:
  Missing feature from the feature list.
Note:
  I strongly recommend this change.

Proposed change 2:
  10.10.4 "List-directed output", paragraph 13 (page 266),
  after "Except for"
  insert "new records created by explicit formatting within a defined output 
procedure or by"
Reason:
  This paragraph should be identical to the one for namelist formatting at 
10.11.4.3p5; the latter was changed by interp F03/068 which had too narrow a 
scope and the inconsistency was not spotted at that time.

> 3) No, for the following reasons.
> 4) Abstain.
>
> This is an individual vote. Please send your vote to sc22wg5 at open-std.org
> to arrive by 9 a.m. (UK time) on April 12th 2010.

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