Alvaro Agustin Fernandez writes:
> Malcolm Cohen wrote:
>
> > P.S. The F2002 draft does include a limited form of generic pointer
> > for the purpose of making generic lists etc., avoiding the use
> > of TRANSFER and its inherent problems altogether. A TYPE(*)
> > pointer can point to any extensible type.
> How does this compare with the Cray f77 pointers?
Essentially no relation. Thankfully, in my quite unhumble opinion -
I always found Cray pointers confusing - it was sort of like an
equivalence between one variable and the address of another. I'm
aware there are others who hold different opinions here. But
regardless of your opinions on Cray pointers, there is little
relation between them and the f2k type(*) pointers.
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