(j3.2006) Assumed type

[Bill Long]

> On Jun 8, 2017, at 5:00 AM, John Reid <John.Reid at stfc.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
> 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]?

A C descriptor would be used for either assumed rank or assumed shape, if the routine was BIND(C).   The combination of assumed type and assumed rank is used for MPI ?buf? arguments, which was a substantial use case motivating the TS. 

Cheers,
Bill


> 
> 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.
> _______________________________________________
> J3 mailing list
> J3 at mailman.j3-fortran.org
> http://mailman.j3-fortran.org/mailman/listinfo/j3

Bill Long                                                                       longb at cray.com
Principal Engineer, Fortran Technical Support &   voice:  651-605-9024
Bioinformatics Software Development                      fax:  651-605-9143
Cray Inc./ 2131 Lindau Lane/  Suite 1000/  Bloomington, MN  55425