passing arguments by value

[Paul Thomas]

Mariano,

>could somebody give some hints on how to compile a fortran code which
>uses %VAL() to pass arguments to a subroutine??? intel fortran compiler
>works ok, old g77 too, but it seems that brand new versions of GCC (4.xx)
>cannot. i have been googleing around but apparently this is not an
>urgent issue to implement (re-implement?) in gcc.
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I most of the way developed a patch to do this before Christmas; a 
preliminary version is posted on 
http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/fortran/2005-12/msg00123.html  It is perfectly 
usable, so apply it and enjoy.

The patch needs finishing but it keeps falling to the bottom of the 
heap.  Following Tobi's brackets patch, I can see a much cleaner way of 
doing it. It will happen, I just cannot promise when.

>ok, i know the kind of answers "this is not part of the fortran
>standard", but it has been a very useful artifact for such a long time...
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>
... and it anticipates passing by value in F2003.

Paul