------- Comment #14 from pault at gcc dot gnu dot org 2008-10-04 11:56 ------- (In reply to comment #13)
> > In fact the ICE is precisely due to the argument not being a restricted > > expression, since the size of x and its kind are unavailable to the caller > > and > > the interfacing cannot be made to work. This is why restricted expressions > > only permit dummy, host- or use-associated or common variables and why my > > attempts to evaluate the transfer are failing. > > However I disagree with this part of the analysis: > > size(transfer(real(1.0,kind(x)), [1_1])) is a "restricted expression" (happily > accepted by gfortran) that uses exactly the same information as The real transfer(real(1.0,kind(x)) simplifies to a constant, which is why it can be evaluated. size(transfer(x, [1])) needs the variable, 'x'; even though the inquiry function does not need the value. My attempts to bypass this produced all manner of regressions. Paul -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=35680
