J3/99-264 Date: 30th November 1999 To: J3 From: Malcolm Cohen Subject: Unresolved issue 137 1. Introduction Unresolved issue 137 says: "In 5.1.1.5, in the list of places where * can be used for a character length. As a general rule, be suspicious of any condition that just says "in an X statement." There are many places in an ALLOCATE statement where a character length parameter would be syntactically valid. Consider constructors used in expressions. I think you have only one particular use in mind." I concur. 2. Edits [74:23-24] Replace "in an ... argument" with "in the of an ALLOCATE statement when each is a dummy argument of type CHARACTER with assumed character length" {Specify the allowed usage more precisely.} [74:25-30] Delete. {Delete the J3 note.}