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Re: default return value of ubound and lbound

From: "N.M. Maclaren" <nmm1 at cam dot ac dot uk>
To: fortran at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: 03 Jun 2012 10:23:46 +0100
Subject: Re: default return value of ubound and lbound
References: <CAJdy7pJbZR3N3rw32owPM+DCDA6=2L38QyA0D3=r1AJ-S1rYWA@mail.gmail.com> <CAJdy7pLr=zWsWqpFz8zSqBvATQhkwZ6wKRj1KdHAUkWOrbNJCA@mail.gmail.com> <4FCA7393.6010500@net-b.de>

On Jun 2 2012, Tobias Burnus wrote:

I admit the distinction between an array with one element and a scalar can be confusing, but Fortran does make this distinction.


Given the rest of the language, which has evolved over a long time, it
is less confusing than the converse.  I thought about that a while back,
and adding Algol 68's rowing coercion would create ten times as many
problems as it would solve.  It's the sort of extension that gfortran
shouldn't consider.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

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