Behavior of ELEMENTAL function with VALUE attribute

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> Well, sort-of.  It may appear nicer to allow them to be VALUE, but that
> is a semantic inconsistency in IEEE 754 itself.  Even simple data copying
> by value is NOT guaranteed to be a representation-preserving operation.

Hum, indeed. The more I progress, the less I understand how we’re supposed to implement IEEE compatibility when the standard itself is unachievable on current architectures :)

IEEE question aside: my language query on ELEMENTAL/VALUE is still looking for an answer...

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