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From: cdb@hpclcdb.HP.COM (Carl Burch)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Zero length strings in Fortran.
Message-ID: <4550001@hpclcdb.HP.COM>
Date: 23 Feb 88 06:23:20 GMT
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Organization: HP ITG/ISO Computer Language Lab
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> (B) Zero length strings are valid in the current Fortran 8x draft.

Zero-length substrings and dummy arguments ("formal parameters" in 
other languages) are defined in the F8x draft - but not any constant
of zero length.  So '' will still be an error.
						Carl Burch
						HP Fortran Lab