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From: hirchert@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: Fortran 88 statement function query
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Date: 14 Nov 89 01:40:27 GMT
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Nf-From: uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!hirchert    Nov 13 09:02:00 1989


>Have I overlooked the prohibition somewhere in Fortran 88? If not, can somebody
>from X3J3 tell me whether 12.5.4 is meant to sustain the prohibition, or
>whether it was deliberately omitted? Thanks.

There was definitely not intent to remove this prohibition.  It is unclear
whether 12.5.4 is sufficient to sustain the prohibition, or whether the
FORTRAN 77 prohibition was overlooked when 12.5.4 was written.  If you're
writing a public comment letter, I suggest pointing out this problem in it.
(I've written a note to myself to mention it in mine, but I'm in the middle of
changing offices, so there's no guarantee that I will be able to find that
note when it comes time to write my letter.)

Kurt W. Hirchert     hirchert@ncsa.uiuc.edu
National Center for Supercomputing Applications