[Bug fortran/35299] scope of variables in statement function do not acquire rank from host

["sgk at troutmask dot apl dot washington dot edu" <gcc-bugzilla@gcc.gnu.org>]

------- Comment #5 from sgk at troutmask dot apl dot washington dot edu  2008-02-29 20:41 -------
Subject: Re:  scope of variables in statement function do not acquire rank from
host

On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 08:23:16PM -0000, fxcoudert at gcc dot gnu dot org
wrote:
> (In reply to comment #3)
> >   The dummy arguments have a scope of the statement function.  Each
> >   dummy argument has the same type and type parameters as the 
> >   entity of the same name in the scoping unit containing the statement
> >   function.
> > 
> > Note, this passage does not include rank.
> 
> No, but it does not say that they are scalar either. It does not say "Each
> dummy argument is a scalar of the same type and type parameters...".
> 
> If we follow this interpretation, then what does "The function-name
> and each dummy-arg-name shall be specified, explicitly or implicitly,
> to be scalar"  mean? In your (and Richard Maine's and ...) reading,
> the dummy arguments are by definition scalar, and so how can they be
> "specified, explicitly or implicitly,
> to be scalar". Or, to say it the other way around, let's say that I want to
> break this particular constraint, how do I explicitly specify one of my dummy
> arguments not to be a scalar?
> 
> I'm thoroughly confused.
> 

Don't worry, I share your confusion (when I read the standard). :)

I think the passage you quote applies to the following code:

  program z
    real :: y = 2.
    real :: x(5) = 1.
    f(x(2:4)) = 2 * sum(x)   ! dummy arg is an array.
    g(y) = y * x             ! function g is an array because of x.
  end program z

I just found the definition of type parameters in 2.4.1.1.
"The type parameters are KIND and LEN."  All other attributes
are irrelevant.

PS: I see you just found the c.l.f threads.


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