(j3.2006) Why is the Passed-Object Argument Explicit?

[Craig Dedo]

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> From: j3-bounces at mailman.j3-fortran.org [mailto:j3-bounces at mailman.j3-fortran.org]

> On Behalf Of Malcolm Cohen

> Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2014 18:27

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> Subject: Re: (j3.2006) Why is the Passed-Object Argument Explicit?

> 

> >Do you know why the Fortran standards committee did not choose to make

> >the ?this? arg implicit?  (like most other OO languages)

> 

> Yes.

> 

            <snip 6 highly informative reasons>

 

> 

> There are certainly design decisions in F2003 that I regret, but this is not one of

> them.

> 

> Cheers,

> --

> ................................Malcolm Cohen, Nihon NAG, Tokyo.

 

            Thank you very much to all who answered Jim Dempsey?s question.  All of the answers, especially Malcolm?s, were very good and highly informative.  I copied Malcolm?s answer into the discussion thread in the Intel Visual Fortran Developer?s Forum.

 

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Sincerely,

Craig T. Dedo

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