(j3.2006) defining a type with no components

[Bill Long]

On Apr 17, 2014, at 7:31 PM, Malcolm Cohen <malcolm at nag-j.co.jp> wrote:

> 
> It would be better to replace the whole of 16.6.2 with a NOTE saying
>  "A consequence of the above rules is that a zero-sized array or a zero-length 
> character string will always be defined.  Similarly, a derived-type object which 
> has no nonpointer components will always be defined."

This would be an improvement.   I assumed the current 16.6.2 was there as a point of reference for 16.6.3p1 (5).  If 16.6.2 were removed, that pothole would be eliminated.

Cheers,
Bill



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