does anyone know of a language where they aren't
required. i hadn't actually thought about this until
glenn raised it.
On Mon, 3 Apr 2000 13:21:06 +0100 Glenn Carver
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>
> I was a bit surprised to find that our f90 compiler was not happy with the
> following:
>
> function test
> integer :: test
>
> I was puzzled why it is necessary to have instead:
>
> function test()
> integer :: test
>
> I was writting a module where I wanted all variables private and access
> functions to return the value. Hence functions with no arguments.
>
> The () on the function statement seem completely redundant so why have
> them? p112 on fortran90/95 explained appears to show them as required so
> it's obviously part of the standard.
>
> No big deal, I'm just curious.
>
> Glenn
>
>
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