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From: Jason Blevins <jrble...@sdf.lonestar.org>
Subject: Re: Type extension and initialization of parent types
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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:17:50 -0400
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On 2010-04-22, Richard Maine <nos...@see.signature> wrote:
> Jason Blevins <jrble...@sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
>
>> Is there any way in Fortran 2003 to initialize the components of the
>> parent type when declaring an extended type?  An old version of John
>> Reid's summary of Fortran 2003 features (N1507) indicates
>> that something like this might be possible:
>>
>> [snip]
>
> I didn't recall that feature in the first place. I suppose it might have
> been in some proposal; must have been a pretty early one.

Probably so: the earlier (N1507) version of that paper was still
referring to "Fortran 2000."

> I know of no way to override the parent default initialization with a
> different default initialization.

I suspected there might not be.  Thanks for confirming.

> Do note the word "default", which is important here.

Yes, my question was about _default_ initialization.  Although I knew
the difference in practice, the terminology makes much more sense
after your clarification.

-- 
Jason Blevins
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Economics, Duke University
http://jblevins.org/