(j3.2006) Interpretation question Fortran 2003: Interoperability of COMMON with C

[Bill Long]

Tobias Burnus wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> how to read the following quote - more precisely: How to read the "or" -
> as exclusive or not?
> 
> F2003, 15.3: "A C variable with external linkage interoperates with a
> common block that has been specified in a BIND statement
> (1) if the C variable is of a struct type and the variables that are
> members of the common block are interoperable with corresponding
> components of the struct type, or
> (2) if the common block contains a single variable, and the variable is
> interoperable with the C variable."
> 
> 
> Does a common block containing a single variable (e.g. of type
> "integer(c_int)") need to be interoperable with the C variable ("int")
> only [i.e. only (2)] 

Yes, this is my interpretation.


or does it need to be interoperable with the C
> variable ("int") _and_ with a C struct type ("struct { int ..;}")
> containing the single variable [i.e. (1) _and_ (2)].

No.

Cheers,
Bill


> 
> Background: Currently, the GNU C compiler regards "int a;" and "struct {
> int ia; } a"; as two different types and thus a Fortran variable cannot
> be interoperable with both. If the "or" is not exclusive, can someone
> point me to the C 99 (or C0x) standard, where it states that "int a;"
> and "struct {int ia; } a" interoperate - especially, if they are global
> variables ("extern")?
> 
> Tobias
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