Pointing etiquette

[rahzan]

Under CVF6.6B

This works:

type symbolType
real, pointer:: a(:),b(:)
end type symbolType
type(symbolType):: symbol

symbol.a => symData(:,1)
symbol.b => symData(:,2)

But its extension to an array does not:

type symbolType
real, pointer:: a(:),b(:)

end type symbolType
type(symbolType):: symbol(4)

symbol(:).a(:) => symSetData(:,1,:) !or (:,:,1)
symbol(:).b(:) => symSetData(:,2,:)

Where the intent is the first (:) on the lhs should point to the first onthe rhs etc, Is thereANY way that this can be achieved?

I have tried

type(symbolType),pointer:: symbol(:)

type(symbolType),allocatable:: symbol(:) !followed by allocation

and a number of other variations, But none compile.

Thanks,

Tim

[Jugoslav_Dujic]

You cannot have T(:)%component(:) notation anywhereaccording tothe Standard. I can't quoteexact reasons, butI think that 1) itcan lead to ambiguities, 2) in general case, an array/pointer descriptor cannot be always constructed to match the resulting memory layout.

Thus, you have to resort to DO-loops.

Jugoslav