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From: Craig Powers <craig.powers@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: another way to shoot yourself in the foot?
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:26:42 -0400
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Date: 2008-07-10T13:26:42-04:00
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Dick Hendrickson wrote:
> Colin Paul Gloster wrote:
>>
>> Does Fortran always automatically check if the INTERFACE actually
>> corresponds to the code?
>>
> Depends on the compiler, but in general NO.  I think all
> compilers will detect an explicit assignment to a dummy
> argument that has INTENT(IN) in the subroutine; I'm not sure
> any will detect an assignment if the dummy is passed on
> to another routine and that routine (illegally) assigns to
> its argument.

Is that actually possible without lying about an interface?  i.e. Is it 
possible to pass an INTENT(IN) dummy as an actual argument to a more 
permissive dummy argument in another routine (no intent or intent OUT)