To: J3 J3/15-180r2 Subject: Assignment to zero-length character From: Van Snyder Reference: 15-007r1 Date: 2015 August 04 1. Introduction =============== Walt Brainerd observed that the final sentence of 7.2.1.13p1, viz. "No value is assigned to the variable if it is of type character and zero length, or is an array of size zero." could be construed to mean that this applies before consideration whether the variable in an intrinsic assignment ought to the reallocated because it is allocatable and has the wrong character length or the wrong shape. In light of 16.6.2p1, if the sentence were deleted (because it has no effect) the confusion would also be deleted. It was noted in subgroup, however, that there is a problem with derived-type objects that have no nonpointer components. 2. Edits ======== [158:12-13 7.2.1.13p1] Delete the final sentence of the paragraph. "No value ... size zero.".