------- Comment #2 from burnus at gcc dot gnu dot org 2009-06-16 21:32 -------
Wrong quote - and wrong statement. It is not a F2003 change, but already in
F95.
Fortran 95 has (12.4.1.4 Sequence association)
"If the actual argument is of type default character and is an array
expression, array element, or array element substring designator, the
element sequence consists of the character storage units beginning with
the first storage unit of the actual argument and continuing to the end
of the array. The character storage units of an array element substring
designator are viewed as array elements consisting of consecutive groups
of character storage units having the character length of the dummy
array."
Fortran 2003 has in 12.4.1.5 the same (except of allowing C_CHAR) and
then continues with
"If the actual argument is of type default character or of type character
with the C character kind, and is a scalar that is not an array element
or array element substring designator, the element sequence consists of
the storage units of the actual argument."
(The addition is not important for us, but it allows to pass "a string"
to a BIND(C) procedure which has "character(len=1):: str(*)".)
* * *
The crucial part is the "dummy array" at the end of the first excerpt.
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http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=40452
