(j3.2006) bad grammar

[Bill Long]

On 2/26/13 1:57 AM, Robert Corbett wrote:
> On c.l.f., Ian Harvey pointed out that the Fortran 2008 standard allows the
> <type-declaration-stmt>
>
>         TYPE(CHARACTER*1,) C
>
> but not
>
>         TYPE(CHARACTER*1,) :: C

Why would he think that?  The optionality of the :: is not linked to the 
XXX that appears in type(XXX).

Allowing the comma after the *1 is annoying.  Since it is already 
obsolescent syntax, I don't expect we'll do anything about that.

Cheers,
Bill

>
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