(j3.2006) (SC22WG5.4342) [ukfortran] 10-208r1
Bill Long
longb
Thu Oct 14 12:17:34 EDT 2010
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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