From Craig.Dedo@mixcom.com Mon Dec 22 20:41:04 1997 Received: from mixcom.mixcom.com (mixcom.mixcom.com [198.137.186.100]) by dkuug.dk (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id UAA15790 for ; Mon, 22 Dec 1997 20:41:01 +0100 Received: by mixcom.mixcom.com (8.6.12/2.2) id NAA04968; Mon, 22 Dec 1997 13:42:33 -0600 Received: from dial107-60.mixcom.com(207.227.107.60) by mixcom.mixcom.com via smap (V1.3) id sma004889; Mon Dec 22 13:42:11 1997 Message-ID: <349EC252.796D@mixcom.com> Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 13:41:06 -0600 From: "Craig T. Dedo" Reply-To: Craig.Dedo@mixcom.com Organization: Elmbrook Computer Services X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (WinNT; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Richard Maine CC: sc22wg5@dkuug.dk Subject: Re: (SC22WG5.1477) Edit missing from N1282 (allocatable TR) References: <199712221848.TAA15179@dkuug.dk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Richard Maine wrote: > > I noticed one clear omission from the edits. I'm not entirely sure > how much difference this makes for a TR. ... My inclination, if its too > late to get the fix into the TR itself, would be to just let the > correction go into f2k. On the other hand, if the TR can still be > fixed, we might want to do that. Its an easy fix, and so obvious as > to (I'd hope) be non-controversial. I'll leave such decisions to WG5 > and the editor of the TR (Malcolm). > > The edit itself: After spending a lot of time discussing allocatable > dummy arguments and function results, the TR failed to delete a > constraint that specifically prohibitted such. > > In X3J3/96-007r1 [48:1-2], third constraint after R506: > > Constraint: The ALLOCATABLE attribute may be used only when > declaring an array that is not a dummy argument or > a function result. > This is a very serious technical error. Leaving this mistake in the TR will directly contradict the clear intent and purpose of the TR, with consequent complications for implementors. IMHO, we need to correct this mistake AT ONCE, by whatever means necessary. We simply cannot wait until F2000 is published. -- ---------- 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)