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Foil 12 Fortran 90/95 Procedure Interfaces

From DoD HPF Training -- 2. Fortran90 DoD Training and Others -- 1995-98. by Chuck Koelbel -- Rice University
1 Explicit and implicit interfaces
  • Explicit: in the same compilation unit, or imported interface
    • Required for certain uses such as POINTER dummies and assumed-shape array dummies
  • Implicit: as in FORTRAN 77
2 INTERFACE blocks provide explicit interfaces
  • Define types of parameters and return values
3 MODULE provides type-safe libraries
  • Contains declarations, functions, and type definitions
  • All interfaces collected in one place
  • PRIVATE data and procedures allowed
  • USE imports the interfaces
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