select type parameterized data type

[Hafsia__Aouididi]

Am trying to use select type and i have a parameterized data type.

I can't find whether it's possible to use the select type in order to do an upcasting.

And when i search in the standard i only find select type for derived type without parameters.

Thank you.

[FortranFan · Accepted solution]

@Hafsia, Aouididi,

With KIND type parameters you need to be explicit in terms of the kind and end up with TYPE IS (or CLASS IS) branches for each supported one; with LEN type parameters of parameterized types (PDTs) you can adopt the assumed length (=*) syntax just as with types of CHARACTER intrinsic or have branches for sets of supported specific lengths only.

A quick example:

module a
   type :: a_t(X)
      integer, kind :: X = 0
   end type
end module
module e
   use a, only : a_t
   type, extends(a_t) :: e_t(Y)
      integer, len :: Y = 0
   end type
end module
   use a, only : a_t
   use e, only : e_t
   blk1: block
      class(a_t), allocatable :: foo
      allocate ( a_t :: foo )
      print *, "Block 1"
      select type ( foo )
         type is ( a_t(X=0) )
            print *, "foo is of type a_t"
         class default
      end select
   end block blk1
   blk2: block
      class(a_t), allocatable :: foo
      allocate ( e_t :: foo )
      print *, "Block 2"
      select type ( foo )
         type is ( e_t(X=0,Y=*) )
            print *, "foo is of type e_t"
         class default
      end select
   end block blk2
end

Upon execution, you should get:

 Block 1
 foo is of type a_t
 Block 2
 foo is of type e_t