[J3] Can a procedure pointer have character(*) result type?

[Vipul Parekh]

On Tue, Nov 29, 2022 at 3:01 PM Vipul Parekh <parekhvs at gmail.com> wrote:

> ..
> Based on a quick glance at the standard, I think it still supports
> "Assumed character length functions" though it has marked them as
> obsolescent.  See B.3.6 in 22-007 (WG5 N191, Dec. 2021) document. ..
>

Hello Daniel,

Forgot to add a sentence: I too couldn't find in the standard that might
prohibit "Assumed character length functions" as dummy procedures.

Hi Brad,

What happens if you try the following with the NAG compiler?  Note the
explicit interface for `sub`:
! File p.f90
   character(2) :: cc
   character(4), external :: foo
   interface
      subroutine sub(proc, arg)
         character(*) :: arg
         !character(*) :: proc                      !! This is OK
         character(*), external :: proc    !! Question: is this conforming?
      end
   end interface
   cc = "ab"
   call sub(foo, cc)
end

! File sub.f90
subroutine sub(proc, arg)
   character(*) :: arg
   !character(*) :: proc                      !! This is OK
   character(*), external :: proc    !! Question: is this conforming?
   print*, proc(arg)
end

! File foo.f90
function foo(arg)
   character(*) :: foo, arg
   foo = arg // "cd"
end function

I expect the resulting program to output '`abcd'.

Regards,
Vipul
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