------- Comment #3 from sgk at troutmask dot apl dot washington dot edu 2008-02-29 20:15 ------- Subject: Re: scope of variables in statement function do not acquire rank from host
On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 05:53:40PM -0000, fxcoudert at gcc dot gnu dot org wrote: > I disagree. In Fortran 2003 12.5.4, C1263/R1238 says "The function-name and > each dummy-arg-name shall be specified, explicitly or implicitly, to be > scalar.". Intel accepts it, but IBM, g95 and (most importantly) Lahey think > it's invalid. > > > However, the error message should point to the statement function. The patch > below gives, in my opinion, a better error message: > > HSTAR(E,B)=B**.4*((1.25*FUN(-E/40)+.18)) ! Doesn't work. > 1 > Error: Argument 'e' of statement function 'hstar' at (1) must be scalar > I disagree with your disagreement. :-) Gordon Sande and Richard Maine also disagrees with you (see c.l.f threads "I've never seen this before in 30 years - what is this?" and "What is this"). >From Fortran 95, Sec. 12.5.4, lines 38 and 39: 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. -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=35299
