From jwagener@ionet.net Sun Feb 11 00:41:01 1996 Received: from ion3.ionet.net (ion3.ionet.net [204.96.200.8]) by dkuug.dk (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id AAA09277 for ; Sun, 11 Feb 1996 00:40:54 +0100 Received: from erehwon (tsip77.ionet.net [206.28.164.86]) by ion3.ionet.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id RAA25353 for ; Sat, 10 Feb 1996 17:40:44 -0600 X-Mailer: InterCon TCP/Connect II 2.2.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <9602101742.AA34009@erehwon> Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1996 17:42:34 -0500 From: "Jerrold L. Wagener" To: sc22wg5@dkuug.dk Subject: informal JLW report on X3J3 meeting #136, Feb'96 Content-Type: Multipart/Mixed;boundary=part_AD4289850003CB9400000001 --part_AD4289850003CB9400000001 Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: Inline The objectives of this meeting were to (1) continue development of items = on the WG5 Fortran 2000 requirements list, (2) identify = additional requirements to submit to WG5, (3) update the liaison reports = on the three TR and two TR-like activities and (4) address = outstanding issues on the Fortran 95 draft and corrigendum 3, as per = WG5 requests. Technical items considered include: derived-type I/O, asynchronous I/= O, command line arguments, pointers to procedures, and = object-oriented Fortran. One, asynchronous I/O, progressed to the = detailed specification stage; these specs will be widely circulated = for review/input prior to development of syntax. In coming meetings = other requirements will also be progressed through stages of detailed = specs, syntax, and edits to the standard. X3J3 identified nine new items to be submitted to the WG5 = requirements process: array components of arrays of structures, = limiting pointer association, generic rate_count for system_clock, stream = I/O, precedence for user-defined operators, generic pointers, min/max = val/loc for characters, nonadvancing print*, and enhanced = complex initialization. In addition, six items are proposed to be = handled as part of WG5 requirement B.1 (Minor Technical = Enhancements). These are: remove limitation on statement length (B= .9), allow intent for pointer arguments (B.12), controlling pointer = (lower) bounds, generic rate_count, min/max val/loc for characters, = and enhanced complex initialization. The five liaison report updates were produced. Two, those for = C interoperability and conditional compilation, contain extensive = technical comments and identify missing pieces. The report on = allocatable extensions contains several (rather minor) technical = comments and questions the apparently increased scope of this TR. = The report on floating point exception handling recommends one (easily = made) change; otherwise this work seems ready to be fleshed out into a = full TR document. X3J3 knew of no additional work on parameterized = derived types since the last liaison report and reaffirmed the content = of that (last) report. A informal WG5 ballot on the Fortran 95 draft resulted in several = comments, which WG5 requested X3J3 to consider. This was done, = resulting in recommendations of some relatively minor changes to the = draft and corrigendum 3 editors. (A requested check of corrigendum 3 = was also completed.) The next X3J3 meeting will be held May 13-17 in Las Vegas, NV; = arrangements were made to hold the next four X3J3 meetings (through Feb= '97) at the Sunrise Suites in Las Vegas. Jerry Wagener --part_AD4289850003CB9400000001--