[MPI3 Fortran] Change character string declarations?

[Bill Long]

Rasmussen, Craig wrote:
> I would like to change all places in the MPI-3 standard with character
> string dummy argument declarations such as,
> 
>     CHARACTER*(*) KEY, VALUE
> 
> to
> 
>     CHARACTER(len=*) :: KEY, VALUE

The len= part is maybe a little much.  But I would certainly prefer

    character(*)

over

    character*(*)

and, similarly,

   character

over

   character*1

and also

   character(8)

over

   character*8


Cheers,
Bill



> 
> Comments?  Would we want to add a kind parameter too?
> 
> -craig
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