(j3.2006) WG5 letter ballot on draft Corrigendum 3

[John Reid]

3) No, for the following reasons.

I have been struggling for a couple hours to decide whether to support 
Malcolm's recent replacement for interp f08/0086. I have decided that I 
cannot for the following reasons:

1. The new edit for 96:24-25 begins "Replace sentence" rather than 
"Replace sentences". This restores the sentence "An implied-shape array 
is a named constant that takes its shape from the constant-expr in its 
declaration." While I agree with this change, if we are to approve the 
revised f08/0086 as part of this ballot, the wording needs to be altered 
so that it does not depend on the difference between "sentence" and 
"sentences".

2. The sentence at 96:28 is wrong for an implied-shape array that is 
declared with an asterisk. Separate wording is needed for the two cases.

3. I think the new right-hand side of R522 should be
    "<assumed-implied-spec-list>"
to avoid forcing the rank to be at least 2.

4. In the edit for 95:33-, "<implied-assumed-spec>" should be 
"<assumed-implied-spec>" (already noted by Malcolm).

I will change my vote to yes if all the edits from f08/0086 are removed.

Cheers,

John.