Presentation
Type-Safe Generic Programming in Fortran
Presenter
DescriptionWhen the Fortran language committee first collected requests for new language features for what has now become the Fortran 2023 standard, support for generic programming emerged as a top priority. However, due to the anticipated complexity, a dedicated committee subgroup was formed, and implementation of generic programming was purposely spread across two language release cycles -- aiming for what is internally referred to as F202Y. In this talk, I will begin with a brief overview of existing Fortran features that support generic programming and then proceed to a detailed examination of the plans for F202Y. This discussion will include motivating use cases, type-safe design goals, (probable) syntax, and a few simple examples. I conclude with a disussion on the likely limitations of generic programming in F202Y and my expectations for extended capabilities in the subsequent release, F203X.
TimeWednesday, June 510:30 - 11:00 CEST
LocationHG E 1.2
SessionMS5D - Modern Fortran: Powering Computational Science and Engineering in High-Performance Computing
Event Type
Minisymposium
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