Question about elemental procedures

13 · Fortran Lang Discourse · June 5, 2026, 11:43 p.m.
Summary
The blog post discusses a question related to Fortran's elemental procedures and their limitations when handling scalar and array arguments, particularly focusing on why intent(inout) scalar arguments cannot conform to arrays and exploring various workarounds, including the use of assumed ranks and the potential need for better solutions or changes in the Fortran standard.