From owner-sc22wg5@open-std.org Sat Apr 10 13:27:12 2010 Return-Path: X-Original-To: sc22wg5-dom8 Delivered-To: sc22wg5-dom8@www2.open-std.org Received: by www2.open-std.org (Postfix, from userid 521) id 4C043C3BA00; Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:27:12 +0200 (CET DST) X-Original-To: sc22wg5@open-std.org Delivered-To: sc22wg5@open-std.org Received: from mk-filter-3-a-1.mail.uk.tiscali.com (mk-filter-3-a-1.mail.uk.tiscali.com [212.74.100.54]) by www2.open-std.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86329C178E1 for ; Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:27:08 +0200 (CET DST) X-Trace: 375468015/mk-filter-3.mail.uk.tiscali.com/B2C/$b2c-THROTTLED-DYNAMIC/b2c-CUSTOMER-DYNAMIC-IP/88.106.78.194/None/d.muxworthy@bcs.org.uk X-SBRS: None X-RemoteIP: 88.106.78.194 X-IP-MAIL-FROM: d.muxworthy@bcs.org.uk X-SMTP-AUTH: X-Originating-Country: GB/UNITED KINGDOM X-MUA: Apple Mail (2.753.1) X-IP-BHB: Once X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApwBAOv8v0tYak7C/2dsb2JhbAAHj2vFIYUMBA X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.52,181,1270422000"; d="scan'208";a="375468015" Received: from 88-106-78-194.dynamic.dsl.as9105.com (HELO [192.168.1.2]) ([88.106.78.194]) by smtp.tiscali.co.uk with ESMTP; 10 Apr 2010 12:27:07 +0100 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v753.1) References: <20100410100039.E02E3C3BA00@www2.open-std.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: David Muxworthy Subject: Re: (j3.2006) (SC22WG5.4219) WG5 ballot on the draft FDIS Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 12:26:29 +0100 To: sc22wg5@open-std.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.753.1) Sender: owner-sc22wg5@open-std.org Precedence: bulk I am afraid the sc22wg5 mail server did not recognize the address on this message. It has been added to the whitelist. David Muxworthy Begin forwarded message: Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 01:51:19 -0700 From: Robert Corbett Reply-To: robert.corbett@oracle.com To: sc22wg5@open-std.org Subject: Re: (j3.2006) (SC22WG5.4219) WG5 ballot on the draft FDIS WG5 letter ballot on N1814 John Reid, 15 March 2010 This is the letter ballot that WG5 agreed to hold on the draft FDIS for Fortran 2008. This has been constructed by the editor in accord with resolution LV6 of the recent WG5 meeting (see N1811) with the few very minor additional changes that are detailed in N1822. Please answer the following question "Is N1814 ready for forwarding to SC22 as the FDIS for Fortran 2008?" in one of these ways. 1) Yes. 2) Yes, but I recommend the following changes. 3) No, for the following reasons. 4) Abstain. This is an individual vote. Please send your vote to c22wg5@open-std.org to arrive by 9 a.m. (UK time) on April 12th 2010. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------- I vote no. I vote no because of the problems with the proposed standard that were found during March 2010, namely, the conflicts between the expanded definition of the term "not present" in Section 12.5.2.12 and the specifications of some of the intrinsic functions, and the problem with generic resolution using the POINTER attribute to disambiguate references. I am concerned that approving the standard and then resolving the problems through the interpretation process will favor solutions that involve small changes to the standard over the best overall solution. I shall change my vote from no to yes, perhaps with comments, if a note is added explaining the problems and making it clear that a possibly significant change to the approved standard is expected. Robert Corbett End forwarded message