arrays and derived data types in namelists

["Paul Thomas" <paulthomas2 at wanadoo dot fr>]

Is there a strategy in the collective (or not!) mind for implementing the
missing features in namelists?  Most specifically, a lot of the code that I
work with includes arrays, and occasionally components of derived data
types.

I have done a bit of tidying up work on list_read.c and thought to try to
implement arrays, at very least, before submitting (a) patch(s).

I notice that the descriptor dimension array and the derived components are
missing from namelist_type.  Is it intended to add them to this structure or
a link back to the array descriptor itself?

Best regards

Paul Thomas

PS Being a newbie, I will probably have lots of simple going on downright
naive questions about how and where in gfortran.  Is it OK that I use the
list or is somebody prepared to act as guide for me, please?