(j3.2006) (SC22WG5.4342) [ukfortran] 10-208r1

[Bill Long]

Reinhold Bader wrote:
>   Am 14.10.2010 04:12, schrieb malcolm at nag-j.co.jp:
> 
> [...]
>>> (2) copy object from remote image to invoking image
>> That's the problem.  You can't do that.  You can't do that because it has a polymorphic allocatable subcomponent.  On another image.  Copying the object involves copying the allocatable subcomponent.  Which requires knowing what *its* type is - not just how big it is itself but also whether *it* has any further allocatable subcomponents.
> 
> I understand that. What I don't understand is how the restriction makes the problem go 
> away. Presumably,
> 
>   SELECT TYPE(o_foo)

Checking on the dynamic type of o_foo in THIS image here.

>    TYPE IS (badfoo)
> !----------******  (sorry for the cut-and-paste sloth from previous mail)
>      CALL o_foo[2]%op(1)

Need to know the type on image 2 here.  Not clear how that relates to 
the SELECT TYPE above.

Cheers,
Bill


>    END SELECT
> 
> is legal, but also would require the above-mentioned copying of unknown amounts of data.
> If it isn't legal for some other reason - why then do we need the restriction?
> 
> 
> [...]
> 
> Regards
> Reinhold
> 
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