(j3.2006) (SC22WG5.4783) [ukfortran] [WG5 letter ballot 4 on Fortran 2008 interpretations]

[N.M. Maclaren]

On Sep 18 2012, Malcolm Cohen wrote:

>> Just because one declares a type with the BIND(C) attribute, and creates 
>> objects of that type, doesn't mean they are actually ever used for 
>> interoperation. Bizarre, yes, but permitted by the standard -- until 
>> this interp. Compatibility caveats in 1.6 are for compatibility with 
>> earlier Fortran standards, not for interoperability. "We allowed this in 
>> Fortran 2003, but not any more."
>
> I remain of the view that the only reasonable interpretation of a 
> requirement to interoperate with a syntax error is a requirement to 
> produce a syntax error message.

I agree.  Unfortunately, the wrinkle is that, in terms of the C standard,
this is a syntactic error that is not a syntax error (strictly, a breach
of a syntax rule or constraint).


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.