(j3.2006) (SC22WG5.3708) Comment on N1761

[Bill Long]

Reinhold Bader wrote:
>
> before taking this offline, I'd like to understand something about BIND(C)
> which other people might know ...
>
> Take the following example program:
>
> module mod_label_interf
>   use, intrinsic :: iso_c_binding
>   implicit none
>   interface foo
>     subroutine foo_1(x, n, i) bind(c, name='Foo')
>       import :: c_float, c_int
>       real(c_float) :: x
>       integer(c_int), value :: n, i
>     end subroutine
>     subroutine foo_2(x, n, i) bind(c, name='Foo')
>       import :: c_float, c_int
>       real(c_float) :: x(*)
>       integer(c_int), value :: n, i
>     end subroutine
>   end interface
> end module
> program label_interf
>   use mod_label_interf
>   implicit none
>   integer(c_int) :: i
>   real(c_float) :: xx, xxx(3)
>   i = 2
>   call foo(xx, 1, i)
>   call foo(xxx, 3, i)
>   write(*, *) xx
>   write(*, *) xxx
> end program
>
> together with the C implementation
>
> #include <math.h>
>
> void Foo(float *x, int n, int i) {
>   int j;
>   for (j=0; j<n; j++) {
>     *(x+j)  = (float) (i + j) + 0.1;
>   }
> }
>
> This code is accepted by various processors and executes in accordance with my
> personal expectations (for what that is worth :-)).
> It is not accepted by NAG's compiler, and also not by IBM xlf. NAG's error message is
>
> Error: label_interf.f90: Duplicate binding label 'Foo' for external procedure FOO_2 and external procedure FOO_1
>   


This error message is consistent with the Fortran 2003 rules.  An 
(non-abstract) interface declares the procedure name to be external.  
However, in the case of a separate binding label, that rule is being 
changed in Fortran 2008 to be the way you want it. If there is a 
separate binding label then the procedure's name becomes a local name, 
not external.

Cheers,
Bill

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