Re: Is it time to legitimise REAL*8 etc?

dpb wrote:
Clive Page wrote:
I whether anyone else would agree that it may be time to legitimise the
usage of data declarations of the form REAL*8, INTEGER*2 etc
...

I don't think that's the right solution to the SELECTED_REAL_KIND() cumbersomeness, though, either; so I'd also vote "no".

Hello,

Could someone explain to me the cumbersomeness of SELECTED_REAL(INT)_KIND() ??

I agree the syntax is a bit wordy, but doesn't one define these things (i.e. different kind types) once in a module and then use that module where I need anything other than default REALs/INTs? And then forget about it?

Are people saying that they actually use the intrinsic SELECTED_REAL(INT)_KIND() directly in every program/module they write when they need non-default reals or ints?

cheers,

paulv


I'll note I'm as guilty as any in using REAL*N as any when writing for Windows platform code that has a obvious limited usage outside the environment (essentially any and everything I tend to do).

OTOH, if I were writing code in an environment w/ a variety of platforms or that was likely to be useful in a more general context (some computational library or similar, say), I'd be far more concerned about the portability issues and pay far more attention to write for that environment.

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