[MPI3 Fortran] [Mpi-comments] MPI 3.0: Fortran 2008 interface - issue with the LOGICAL kind

[Bill Long]

TS 29113 says nothing new about type LOGICAL arguments.   They are 
covered in the base F2008 standard.

Cheers,
Bill

On 2/26/13 4:05 PM, Rolf Rabenseifner wrote:
> Is TS 29113 changing something in this case?
> I.e., does TS 29113 allow LOGICAL dummy arguments in BIND(C) subroutines?
>
> Rolf
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jeff Squyres (jsquyres)" <jsquyres at cisco.com>
>> To: "<longb at cray.com>" <longb at cray.com>, "MPI-3 Fortran working group" <mpi3-fortran at lists.mpi-forum.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 7:04:09 PM
>> Subject: Re: [MPI3 Fortran] [Mpi-comments] MPI 3.0: Fortran 2008 interface - issue with the LOGICAL kind
>> On Feb 26, 2013, at 11:27 AM, Bill Long <longb at cray.com> wrote:
>>
>>> In particular, the C function is not using _Bool. It would seem to
>>> be more consistent for the Fortran interface to specify the argument
>>> as
>>>
>>> INTEGER :: FLAG
>>>
>>> or, better
>>>
>>> INTEGER(c_int) :: FLAG.
>>
>>
>> FWIW, the MPI Fortran interfaces have always used LOGICAL for boolean
>> values, not INTEGER. It would be weird to change them now.
>>
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