(j3.2006) GB44 - delete A.1.3

[Bill Long]

Comment GB44 wants to delete subclause  A.1.3.  This has been proposed 
in the past and been rejected.  The Comment seems to miss the main point 
of the example - it is the only example given that illustrates the use 
of TYPE(*) in an actual Fortran subprogram.  Something I would have 
thought obvious with the leading line starting "Example of TYPE(*) ...", 
but I guess not.   The point of the example is not to illustrate the use 
of the generic interface.

Instead of deleting the only illustration of this new functionality, I 
would propose fixing the one problem that (assuming I can guess what 
"64-bit-safe" means) is raised.  Perhaps adding "For implementations for 
which C_int and selected_int_kind(17) have different values...".  Which 
is just about every system I know of that will have a Fortran 2008 
compiler.

This example was included because it solves a nagging problem caused by 
the vile -i8 compiler switch, and I would expect this construct to be 
frequently used.

Cheers,
Bill

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