(j3.2006) interp fodder from comp.lang.fortran

[Cohen Malcolm]

Implementations exist that do a runtime test to determine whether to do an 
intrinsic assignment rather than a defined assignment?

If you say so, but that does seem rather odd.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Robert Corbett
Sent: Friday, September 4, 2015 11:07 AM
To: fortran standards email list for J3
Subject: Re: (j3.2006) interp fodder from comp.lang.fortran

On 09/03/15 18:00, Cohen Malcolm wrote:
> <<<
> The obvious fix for the problem is
> to relax the restrictions for defined assignments
> as well.
> No, that would be a new feature, and it is not at all clear how it would 
> be
> supposed to work.
>
> The obvious *FIX* is to change the condition to "have the same rank", and
> have the conformability simply be an extra requirement.  That would also
> have the advantage of being what everyone has already implemented.

Implementations exist that do not work that way.

Robert Corbett
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