F2K features in next Intel compiler

[dave_frank]

Steve,
Will next version further expand features to the extend of providing allocatable character string lengths?

ie. (below may be incorrect supposed F2K syntax)

character(:),allocatable :: s(:)

then in same program unit or from called routine with s passed as an argument, s can be allocated:

allocate ( character(10) :: s(100) )

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Not in this year's release. Given the still fluid nature of F2K, we're just looking at the various TRs for now (the one for allocatable components is already implemented in CVF, as you probably know.)

Perhaps by the next version, the F2K draft will have settled down enough to consider selected new features. We've been burned before by implementing features from a draft standard that then got changed in the final version, so we're very cautious about doing it again.

Steve