(j3.2006) Assumed type

[John Reid]

Dear all,

C709 says "An assumed-type entity shall be a dummy data object that does 
not have the ALLOCATABLE, CODIMENSION, INTENT (OUT), POINTER, or VALUE 
attribute and is not an explicit-shape array."

These seem appropriate when all that is passed is the C address. But 
what about the case when the object also has assumed rank, in which case 
a C descriptor is passed, see [493:20-21]?

The corresponding constraint for an assumed-rank object is C836:
"An assumed-rank entity shall be a dummy data object that does not have 
the CODIMENSION or VALUE attribute."

Should C709 say "An assumed-type entity that is not of assumed shape 
shall ..."?

John.