[RFC, Fortran, (pr66775)] Allocatable function result

[Andre Vehreschild]

Hi all,

this means that pr66775 is to be closed as resolved invalid, because the
current implementation is alright, but only the program to compile is garbage.
Ok, suits me.

- Andre

On Thu, 9 Jul 2015 12:41:31 -0700
Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 09, 2015 at 08:59:08PM +0200, Andre Vehreschild wrote:
> > Hi Steve,
> > 
> > Thanks for your knowledge. Can you support your statement that an
> > allocatable function has to return an allocated object by a part of the
> > standard? I totally agree with you that this code is ill-designed, but IMO
> > is it not the task of the compiler to address ill design. The compiler has
> > to comply to the standard and the standard allows allocatable objects to be
> > unallocated. So why has the result of a function be allocated always?
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Andre
> > 
> 
> I think the following excerpts from F2008 are the relevant
> clauses, especially the 2nd to last sentence in the excerpt
> from 12.6.2.2.
> 
> !  12.5.3
> !
> !  When execution of the function is complete, the value of
> !  the function result is available for use in the expression
> !  that caused the function to be invoked.
> !
> !  12.6.2.2
> !
> !  If RESULT appears, the name of the result variable of the
> !  function is result-name and all occurrences of the function
> !  name in execution-part statements in its scope refer to the
> !  function itself.  If RESULT does not appear, the name of the
> !  result variable is function-name and all occurrences of the
> !  function name in execution-part statements in its scope are
> !  references to the result variable.  The characteristics (12.3.3)
> !  of the function result are those of the result variable.  On
> !  completion of execution of the function, the value returned is
> !  that of its result variable.  If the function result is a pointer,
> !  the shape of the value returned by the function is determined by
> !  the shape of the result variable when the execution of the function
> !  is completed.  If the result variable is not a pointer, its value
> !  shall be defined by the function.  If the function result is a
> !  pointer, on return the pointer association status of the result
> !  variable shall not be undefined.
> 


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