[J3] Elemental type-bound functions not useful

[Vipul Parekh]

On Sun, Mar 28, 2021 at 9:44 PM Van Snyder via J3 <j3 at mailman.j3-fortran.org>
wrote:

> ..
> The cases where the situation is suboptimal are where the result is of the
> same declared as the arguments. Since the passed-object dummy argument has
> to be polymorphic, it can be an extension of the declared type. But the
> result can't be of the same dynamic type as the argument.  ..
>

Van,

I got that, and so will most readers, I think.

Your statements, likely meant to be rhetorical?, such as "Did I miss
something that makes them useful?" in your original post and also its title
suggest that on the basis of that one situation you mention, you've tempted
rather broad questioning of the utility of the ELEMENTAL attribute with
type-bound procedures.
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