(j3.2006) Access spec on interface blocks

[Lionel, Steve]

A customer sent me the following question:

 

will it be possible for you to give feedback on any possible reasons you can
think of to reject a standard enhancement proposal for PUBLIC attributes on
INTERFACE blocks?  One example scenario:

module m

 

   ..

 

   implicit none

 

   private

 

   !.. What possible reasons could there be to disallow the following?

   !interface, public :: operator(.foo.)   !.. why not!?

   interface operator (.foo.)

      module procedure foo_1

      module procedure foo_2

     ..

   end interface

 

   public :: operator(.foo.)  !.. this won't needed if public attribute
allowed as above

 

 

I could not find a discussion of such a proposal. Has it been suggested
before? Offhand I can't think of any problems this would cause, though
adding the attribute syntax would require lots of words as to what is NOT
allowed there! I am NOT suggesting this as a new work item at this time!

 

Steve

 

 

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