(j3.2006) Future deprecation of overriding character length, dimension and codimension

[Steve Lionel]

I have also seen it in user code, and remember being surprised that this
was allowed when a customer complained that VAX Fortran gave an error. It
turns out that Intel Fortran is inconsistent as to whether it allows it or
not, which is how it came to my attention again.

Indeed, I propose that it be made obsolescent.

Steve

On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 11:22 AM, Bill Long <longb at cray.com> wrote:

>
> On Feb 22, 2017, at 9:37 AM, Clune, Thomas L. (GSFC-6101) <
> thomas.l.clune at nasa.gov> wrote:
>
> > Ugh.   I would have been happy never being aware of this wart.   Don?t
> think I?ve ever seen it in actual code.
>
> Unfortunately, I have. We could propose it be made Obsolescent.  No
> reasonable coding style guide would permit this sort of thing. But vendors
> will have to continue supporting it, so ?deleted? is less realistic.  [It
> is unfortunate that we let this disease spread to codimension.]
>

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