(j3.2006) Storage_Size

[Bill Long]

On Aug 20, 2014, at 6:31 PM, Van Snyder <van.snyder at jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:

> The result value description of Storage_Size ought to specify whether it
> includes the size of allocated components.  It ought to say it does not
> include the sizes of the targets of pointer components.


If you have an array variable of a type that has an allocatable component, the size of the component could be different for each array element.   I don?t see how you could have a reasonable result value from STORAGE_SIZE if you included the memory taken by the allocatable component. The spec for STORAGE_SIZE only makes sense if each array element has the same size.  The same argument applies to targets of pointer components. 

Cheers,
Bill


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