...all compilers I tried reject it. The following related is however definitely invalid EXTERNAL func REAL :: func(2) as F95 and F2003 [5.1 Type declaration statements] contains: R504 entity-decl is object-name [( array-spec )] [ * char-length ] [ initialization ] or function-name [ * char-length ] Are we reading the standard correctly? ...

..., even though all compilers I tried reject it. The following related is however definitely invalid EXTERNAL func REAL :: func(2) as F95 and F2003 [5.1 Type declaration statements] contains: R504 entity-decl is object-name [( array-spec )] [ * char-length ] [ initialization ] or function-name [ * char-length ] Are we reading the standard correctly? Or ...

...and therefore is `prior' by the time the <initialization> is encountered,'' and accept this. Others reason ``the `specification' of P is the syntax term <entity- defined by syntax rule R504 on page 47, which includes the <initialization>, and it is therefore not `prior' until the <initialization> is completely specified,'' and do not accept this. By way of further examples, which ...