newbie willing to contribute...

[Erik Schnetter]

On Nov 7, 2005, at 12:01:09, Steve Kargl wrote:
> http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-3.4.4/g77/Complex- 
> Intrinsic.html#index-Complex-intrinsic-846

What about introducing an intrinsic gfortran_good_real_kind(a,b) that  
looks as the types and kinds of a and b (which can be integer, real,  
or complex) and finds a "good" real kind that corresponds to a and b,  
according to the rules laid out in the web page above?  Than you can say

complex(a,b) = cmplx(a,b,gfortran_good_real_kind(a,b))

and have a much easier implementation.  And since the routine is  
codified in the compiler, the conversion rules are also clear.

-erik

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