[J3] INTENT part of Explicit Interface?

[John Reid]

Michael,

It depends on whether the interface is implicit or explicit. If it is 
explicit, the interface is visible in the procedure itself if is a 
module or internal procedure or in its interface block if it is an 
external procedure. I don't see how adding intent(in) to an argument of 
a procedure that does not alter the value of the argument could break a 
program that calls it, whether or not the interface is explicit.

Cheers,

John.




Klemm, Michael via J3 wrote:
> [No sure of the earlier email left my computer. Outlook...]
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have another question about INTENT attributes.  Are they part of the visible interface of a subroutine or are they only visible inside the subroutine?  I'm asking this to understand if adding INTENT(IN) to a dummy argument of an existing subroutine is a breaking change or not.
>
> Who would I find this in the standard document or other attributes?
>
> Kind regards,
>          -michael