[J3] Vector subscripts and INTENT(INOUT)

[Malcolm Cohen]

IMO the suggested incompatible change to require INTENT(IN) or VALUE for passing vector-subscripted array sections is completely and utterly unacceptable.  I speak as a user.  Even if we made such a change, it is highly likely that users will demand compilation of their previously-conforming code.

 

> none of the 4 compilers I tried on this code issued any message

 

The NAG compiler can detect violation of this requirement at runtime (and has had that capability for a long time).  It’s not something that can in general be detected at compile time (though of course some simple cases could be).

 

Cheers,

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..............Malcolm Cohen, NAG Oxford/Tokyo.

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