Re: forall and do loop

highegg wrote:

Use the one that appears more clear to you - easier to read and/or
write.

That appears to be the biggest advantage of forall when a mask condition is appropriate; it's clearer than the alternatives. I don't see any reason to use forall rather than array section (or whole array) assignments in the example given at the top of the thread. In such simple situations, any reasonable alternative ought to give the same performance.
I submit compiler problem reports when masked forall doesn't work as well as f77 syntax.
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