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Re: [Patch, fortran] PR46897 - [OOP] type-bound defined ASSIGNMENT(=) not used for derived type component in intrinsic assign
On 14/08/2012 07:03, Paul Richard Thomas wrote:
>> However, if we do it before, we also overwrite components to be assigned
>> with a typebound call, and this can have some side effects as the LHS's
>> argument can be INTENT(INOUT).
>
> This might be so but it is what the standard dictates should
> happen.... isn't it?
>
It dictates that the components should be assigned one by one (by either
defined or intrinsic assignment), which I don't see as strictly
equivalent to a whole structure assignment followed by typebound calls
(for components needing it).
Mikael