(j3.2006) (SC22WG5.4376) [ukfortran] WG5 informal ballot re Interop. TR

[Aleksandar Donev]

On 12/06/10 11:20, Bill Long wrote:
> However, if it is a C function calling Fortran with such an interface, 
> reconstructing all of the CLASS infrastructure on the Fortran side 
> from the information in the C descriptor might be problematic. 
Those are not interoperable, so there is no way for C to call such a 
Fortran function, nor do we want that. The issue here is only whether 
Fortran can pass a CLASS(*) object to C via a descriptor. It seems 
Malcolm and Reinhold suggest yes, and I agree. I think Craig does too 
(or he should listen to me anyway :-).
Best,
Aleks

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