------- Comment #2 from w6ws at earthlink dot net 2008-04-27 13:24 -------
Subject: Re: Not allowing pointers to derived types in
COMMON
burnus at gcc dot gnu dot org wrote:
> ------- Comment #1 from burnus at gcc dot gnu dot org 2008-04-27 08:01
> -------
> gfortran's rejection is in line with g95, NAG f95, ifort, openf95, sunf95 and
> ifort.
On the other side are PGI and Salford/Silverfrost - who allow the pointer
to reside in the COMMON block.
> Additionally, I think the following also applies to pointers. ("my_wwsptr" is
> of a derived type [albeit with pointer attribute].)
>
> "C589 (R558) If a common-block-object is of a derived type, it shall be a
> sequence type (4.5.1) or a type with the BIND attribute and it shall have no
> default initialization."
I am only concerned with the POINTER case. I am not placing a
derived type object in the COMMON block. I am only storing a
pointer to it.
W.
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