------- Comment #2 from burnus at gcc dot gnu dot org  2009-10-09 12:08 -------
  SELECT TYPE (name => expr)
and
  ASSOCIATE (name1 => expr1, name2 => expr2)
have similar syntax and issues. SELECT TYPE (name=>expr) is already implemented
(via creating a new pointer variable), but it has some issues.

The idea is to replace the expression - at least when it is definable - by the
variable (be it in resolve.c or in trans*.c).
Cf. also http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/fortran/2009-10/msg00075.html

Maybe one should do something alike for TYPE IS() and (when implemented) CLASS
IS(), cf. http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/fortran/2009-10/msg00075.html


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burnus at gcc dot gnu dot org changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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            Summary|F2003: ASSOCIATE construct  |F2003: ASSOCIATE construct /
                   |                            |improved SELECT TYPE
                   |                            |(a=>expr)


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=38936

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