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From: Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: Re: Is there a way in Fortran to designate an integer value as
 integer*8 ?
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 17:49:30 -0500
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On 10/27/2024 3:05 AM, Thomas Koenig wrote:
> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> schrieb:
>> On Sat, 26 Oct 2024 21:38:38 -0000 (UTC), Thomas Koenig wrote:
>>
>>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> schrieb:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 26 Oct 2024 11:51:42 -0000 (UTC), Thomas Koenig wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The "parameter adjustment" above is explicitly listed as undefined
>>>>> behavior, in annex J2 of n2596.pdf (for example):
>>>>>
>>>>> "Addition or subtraction of a pointer into, or just beyond, an array
>>>>> object and an integer type produces a result that does not point into,
>>>>> or just beyond, the same array object (6.5.6)."
>>>>
>>>> Read it again: note the qualification “that does not point into, or
>>>> just beyond, the same array object”. So long as it *does* point “into,
>>>> or just beyond, the same array object”, it is fine.
>>>
>>> What you are writing is equivalent to
>>
>> You don’t understand what pointer arithmetic means, do you?
> 
> I've killfiled you in comp.arch, and I think it is a good time now
> for comp.lang.fortran.

Hi Thomas, I am sorry to cause you trouble.  The unofficial language 
lawyers are amazing in going beyond the scope of the initial question.

Sincerely,
Lynn