[J3] RANK clause

[Robert Corbett]

Constraint C815 appears to cover this case.  Both the DIMENSION attr-spec and the RANK clause specify the DIMENSION attribute of an entity.

The constraint you suggest might add clarity and consistency, but it seems to be an editorial change.

Bob Corbett

> On Jun 15, 2025, at 7:20 AM, John Reid via J3 <j3 at mailman.j3-fortran.org> wrote:
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> For a type declaration statement (R801) we have this constraint
> 
> C801 (R801) The same attr-spec shall not appear more than once in a given type-declaration-stmt.
> 
> However we have added the rank-clause, which specifies the DIMENSION attribute.(8.1.17). Does this not mean that we need a constraint such as
> 
> C8xx  A rank-clause shall not appear in a type-declaration-stmt that has a DIMENSION clause.
> 
> Or have I missed something?
> 
> Here is an example that should be noticed as an error at compile time, IMHO
> 
>     real, rank(3), dimension(10) :: a
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> John.