You'll want to search for a paper on the J3 site (j3-fortran.org) that cites the new text and, possibly, an explanation. Such changes are J3 work, not WG5. On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 4:16 PM, Vipul Parekh <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 3:43 PM, Harvey Richardson <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > >> .. > > For Fortran 95 the corresponding text had: > > > > .. applied separately, in any order, to corresponding elements of each > argument." > > .. > > > > For Fortran 2003: > > .. > > applied separately, in any order, to corresponding elements of each > array actual argument." > > > > .. > > Perhaps someone was thinking of extending elemental to arrays of same > size but different rank .. > > > Will any one or more of the documents at https://www.wg5-fortran.org > be able to provide the actual reasons behind the change to the > standard text as indicated above in going from Fortran 95 revision to > Fortran 2003? I attempted some crude searches of my own at the WG5 > site but wasn't successful in finding anything about the change that > brought in the extra word "actual" . > > Thanks, > Vipul Parekh > -- .