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

[Daniel C Chen]

Hi Bill,
It should be C724 in F2018.
It states:
“C724 A function name declared with an asterisk type-param-value shall not be an array, a pointer, elemental, or pure. A function name declared with an asterisk type-param-value shall not have the RECURSIVE attribute.”

I am not sure how it disallows the procedure pointer case.
Thanks,
Daniel

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Which version of the standard is this C723 from? Does not look anything like the C723 in either F2018 or N2209. Also, I suspect the omitted .. . text effectively excludes the confusing cases. Cheers, Bill From: J3 <j3-bounces@ mailman. j3-fortran. org>
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Which version of the standard is this C723 from?   Does not look anything like the C723 in either F2018 or N2209.

Also, I suspect the omitted ... text effectively excludes the confusing cases.

Cheers,
Bill


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Hi Malcolm,
C723 states “A function name….shall not be…, a pointer”. Is a procedure pointer name also a function name? It seems unclear to me as its procedure target can also be a subroutine.

Thanks,
Daniel



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Daniel writes > The question I have is regarding if a assumed-length dummy procedure pointer is allowed. No, it is not. The constraint > C723 A function name declared with an asterisk type-param-value shall not be an array, a pointer,

Daniel writes

> The question I have is regarding if a assumed-length dummy procedure pointer is allowed.

No, it is not.



The constraint



> C723 A function name declared with an asterisk type-param-value shall not be an array, a pointer,



is operational: there is no doubt that a procedure pointer is a pointer, see the definition of pointer:



3.108

pointer

data pointer or procedure pointer



Therefore assumed-length is not permitted.



> From an implementation viewpoint, I don't see a problem with this usage



I do. That comment assumes information that is not necessary to be passed is nonetheless passed. I see no reason to assume all implementations pass unnecessary information unnecessarily. (Individual implementations may have their own reasons for passing extra information.)



> Your example without pointer worked fine with NAG, but I get an internal compiler error (ICE) when you add it back in



There seems to be a missing error test. I will look into it.



***



Finally, I note that assumed-length functions were already obsolescent in Fortran 95. Procedure pointers were only added in Fortran 2003. It is the long-standing policy of the committee that unless there are good reasons to the contrary, obsolescent features will not be enhanced.



So it is not a surprise that we did not add this feature.



Cheers,

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


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