http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=48820
--- Comment #15 from Tobias Burnus <burnus at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-03-08 07:19:51 UTC --- (In reply to comment #14) > Re-reading the standard, I think the non-BIND(C) version of TYPE(*) is > currently mishandled. That should be only visible for "TYPE(*)" dummies which > are INTENT(OUT) and where the actual argument is a derived type with default > initialization or has allocatable components (possibly even with finalization > subroutines). > > See http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/fortran/2012-03/msg00037.html and > http://j3-fortran.org/pipermail/j3/2012-March/005113.html Some J3 members seem to agree that that's not a good idea. To add a link to a thread in yet another mailing list: http://j3-fortran.org/pipermail/interop-tr/2012-March/001058.html Thus, the current type(*) implementation seems to be okay.
