(j3.2006) C713 question

[Malcolm Cohen]

Van Snyder wrote:
> C713 at [09-007r2:155:4 7.2.1.1] says that the <variable> in an
> <assignment-stmt> cannot be a whole assumed-size array.
>
>   
Good.
> It would seem to be OK in the case of defined assignment.
>   
Where "OK" means "the wheels don't *always* fall off".
> Did we intend this?
>   
Yes.
> Does this need to be decided by an interp,
You are 15 years too late for that one.
>  or would applying it only for
> intrinsic assignment be a simple new feature?
>   
You say "feature", but it looks more like a potentially cancerous growth 
to me.

Let's try not to turn all the dead bad ideas into zombies.

Cheers,
-- 
......................Malcolm Cohen, Nihon NAG, Tokyo.