J3/13-285
To: J3
From: Malcolm Cohen
Subject: Interp f08/97 on optional commas in type declarations
Date: 2013 June 27

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NUMBER: F08/0097
TITLE: Is the optional comma allowed in TYPE(CHARACTER*...)?
KEYWORD: TYPE, CHARACTER
DEFECT TYPE: Erratum
STATUS: J3 consideration in progress

QUESTION:

Consider

  CHARACTER*1, A
  TYPE(CHARACTER*1,) B

The optional comma in the declaration of B looks ugly.
Is this deliberate?

ANSWER:

No, this syntax was inadvertently allowed.  An edit is provided to
remove it.

EDITS to 10-007r1:

[51:26+] 4.3.1.1, after C406, insert new constraint
  "C406a (R403) In TYPE(<intrinsic-type-spec>) the
         <intrinsic-type-spec> shall not end with a comma."

SUBMITTED BY: Malcolm Cohen

HISTORY: m201   13-nnn   Submitted

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