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

Tobias Burnus burnus@net-b.de
Fri Feb 23 09:44:00 GMT 2007


Hi Brooks,

Brooks Moses wrote:
> On second thought, you're right.  It doesn't hurt to be explicit about
> this.  How about this version?
I like it. It not only states in how far COMPLEX is different, but also why.

>> 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.
>    */
I think this is clearer.

Thanks for updating the documentation (in general).

Tobias



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