To: J3 10-226 From: John Reid Subject: F2008 interp re sequence association for coarrays Date: 2010 October 07 NUMBER: F08/0048 TITLE: Sequence association for coarrays KEYWORDS: sequence association, coarrays DEFECT TYPE: Erratum STATUS: J3 consideration in progress QUESTION: Was the text in 12.5.2.8: "If the dummy argument is an array coarray that has the CONTIGUOUS attribute or is not of assumed shape, the corresponding actual argument shall be simply contiguous." intended to disallow sequence association for coarrays, as illustrated by the example interface subroutine sub (x) real x(10)[*] end subroutine end interface ... real :: x(100)[*] ... call sub (x(10)) ANSWER: No. This restriction contradicts 12.5.2.4 paragraph 13, which allows the example program. An edit is supplied to correct this. EDIT: In 12.5.2.8 Coarray dummy variables, at the end of paragraph 2 [297:9], add "or an element of a simply contiguous array". SUBMITTED BY: John Reid HISTORY: 10-xxx m193 F08/0048 submitted