From Craig.Dedo@mixcom.com Tue Apr 30 21:55:58 1996 Received: from mixcom.mixcom.com (mixcom.mixcom.com [198.137.186.100]) by dkuug.dk (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id VAA13023 for ; Tue, 30 Apr 1996 21:55:48 +0200 Received: from 156.46.43.17 by mixcom.mixcom.com (8.6.12/2.2) id OAA17347; Tue, 30 Apr 1996 14:50:26 -0500 Message-Id: <199604301950.OAA17347@mixcom.mixcom.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 30 Apr 96 11:48:08 -0600 From: Craig Dedo Subject: ALLOCATABLE Arrays as Dummy Arguments To: WG5 Mailing List X-Mailer: SPRY Mail Version: 04.00.06.17 Dear Members of the WG5 Mailing List: Currently, the rules of the Fortran 90 standard and the Fortran 95 DIS prohibit an ALLOCATABLE array from being a dummy argument or a function result. I noticed that the Allocatable Components TR proposes removing these restrictions. These restrictions appear to prevent the user from doing some really useful operations, such as placing array allocations into separate subroutines. Why are these restrictions in Fortran 90? What kinds of problems did the original designers of F90 anticipate if such features were allowed? ---------- Sincerely, Craig T. Dedo Internet: Craig.Dedo@mixcom.com Elmbrook Computer Services Voice Phone: (414) 783-5869 17130 W. Burleigh Place Brookfield, WI 53005 Disclaimer: These opinions are mine alone. USA They do NOT represent any organization. "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin (1759)