(j3.2006) Does F2015 allow assumed-rank components in derived types?

[Bill Long]

On Jan 11, 2015, at 7:40 PM, Tom Clune <Thomas.L.Clune at NASA.GOV> wrote:

> Given the usual caveats about using assumed-rank entities, I?m half anticipating that the answer is ?no?.   It would be nice to allow containers that hold arbitrary Fortran entities in such a clean manner.

The first constraint for assumed-rank:

"An assumed-rank entity shall be a dummy data object that does not have the CODIMENSION or VALUE attribute.?

Type components are not dummy data objects. 

Cheers,
Bill

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