...> END TYPE hidden TYPE(hidden), PUBLIC :: one = hidden(5) END MODULE mod... to me. That "one" can be public although "hidden" is PRIVATE is a...type definition is private is irrelevant. Public and private are really incredibly simple...fact that their names are misleading. :-( Public means that the name (well, .... That is the name is public. Something like EXPORT might have been a better term, though PUBLIC isn't too bad. Private ...

... x END TYPE hidden TYPE(hidden), PUBLIC :: one = hidden(5) END MODULE mod ... second is.) That "one" can be public although "hidden" is PRIVATE is a...by use association have either the PUBLIC or PRIVATE attribute. Types for which...accessibility attribute for a module is PUBLIC unless it has been changed by...). Only types that have the PUBLIC attribute in that module are available...even if the type itself is public (5.1.2.2). The component...