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

[Robert Corbett]

On 09/04/15 02:04, Robert Corbett wrote:
> The Fortran 95 standard's rules for deciding if an assignment statement
> is a defined assignment statement [7.5.1.6p2] includes the sentence
>
>         The types of x[1] and x[2] shall not both be numeric,
>         both be logical, or both be characters with the same
>         kind type parameter value.
>
> The rules for deciding if an assignment statement is a defined
> assignment statement in Fortran 2003 standard [7.4.1.4] and in the
> Fortran 2008 standard [7.2.1.4] no longer contain that sentence.
> Deletion of that sentence appears to cause a significant incompatibility.
>
> The change is not listed in the compatibility clauses of the Fortran
> 2003 and Fortran 2008 standards.  Do those later standards include
> text equivalent to the missing sentence?  If not, was the change
> deliberate?

I found the (almost) equivalent text.  It is in Clause 12.4.3.4.3 of the
Fortran 2008 standard, and in Clause 12.3.2.1.2 of the Fortran 2003
standard.

Robert Corbett