(j3.2006) POINTER initializations in BLOCK DATA

[Robert Corbett]

Malcolm Cohen wrote:

> However, I don't think we deliberately allowed CLASS(*) pointers in 
> COMMON; why would we allow those and not allow other polymorphic 
> pointers (or indeed, nonpointer objects of nonsequence type).

Why does the standard prohibit variables whose types are nonsequence
non-BIND(C) derived types from appearing in common blocks?

Bob Corbett