Re: [patch, fortran, committed] Document COMPLEX*k syntax quirk.

[Brooks Moses <brooks dot moses at codesourcery dot com>]

Brooks Moses wrote:
> Tobias Burnus wrote:
> > Well, the kind number matches the complete byte-size of the complex variable (Re+Im). I think something like:
> >
> > +/* Match an extended-f77 kind specification.  This assumes that the kind
> > +   number is equal to the byte size; for COMPLEX it is the total byte size
> > +   of real plus imaginary part.  */
>
> You're confusing "kind number" and "the integer following the '*'".  The 
> latter is the byte size (as the documentation now says), not the kind 
> number.  The kind number is the value that gets assigned to ts->kind, 
> just like it is in the rest of GFortran.  _That_ kind number is equal to 
> half of the (total) byte size for a COMPLEX number.
>
> Does the comment need to clarify that?  If so, I can try to make it clearer.

Specifically, how about:

/* Match an extended-f77 "TYPESPEC*bytesize"-style kind specification.
   This assumes that the byte size is equal to the kind number for
   non-COMPLEX types, and equal to twice the kind number for COMPLEX.
   */

- Brooks