07-308 To: J3 From: Dick Hendrickson Subject: Simplify the term user-defined derived-type input/output Date: 2007 October 23 We should simplify the references to UDDTIO. Essentially everyplace it is referred to as "user-defined derived-type input/output. The related concepts of assignment and operations are simply referred to as defined assignment or defined operations. No need for a "user-defined" or any other adjectives. If we simplify the name, it will also remove editorial oddities. For example, the heading to 9.6.4.7.2 is "Executing user-defined derived-type input/output data transfers", yet the next sentence refers a "derived-type input/output procedure". It will also make the name somewhat more meaningful. There's no particular reason why the I/O is "user-defined". A processor that provides some sort of intrinsic derived type might also provide I/O using the UDDTIO mechanism. Purely editorial proposal. Replace all instances of "user-defined derived-type input/output", "derived-type input/output", or " user-defined input/output" with "defined input/output" where, in the editors opinion, it makes sense to do so. Don't make the change in 9.6.4.7.1. Instead, add at the end of the sentence on page 236, line 33 add: "The process is referred to as <>."