[J3] Question regarding valid set of values
Thomas König
tk at tkoenig.net
Mon May 24 10:30:23 UTC 2021
On 21.05.21 08:17, Malcolm Cohen via J3 wrote:
> I really would prefer the standard to be a lot more specific in this
> area, but it is far from the top of my list of inadequacies that I’d
> like to see fixed. If anyone else wants to knock themselves out
> rigorously defining what is and isn’t allowed, and what the results of
> intrinsics operations are, go right ahead! I don’t think it is as easy
> as it looks though, and getting general agreement for a big change of
> wording with little or no technical effect is likely tough. As they say,
> “if it ain’t broke...”
There are a few point which might get clarified along the way.
For example, I am currently not sure if
program foo
integer :: i
do i=0,huge(i)
end do
end
is legal or not (as long as the value of i is not subsequently used).
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