ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG5 N1868

              Invitation to comment on the contents of the 
                  TS on further coarray features

                           John Reid

                          8 July 2011

In 2008, WG5 decided to move some coarray features from Fortran 2008 to
a Technical Report, with the intention that they be included in the new
revision of Fortran. It has been delayed by giving priority to work on 
Fortran 2008 and recently on the TR on further interoperability with C.  
A draft TR, containing the features that were proposed in 2008 is 
available as ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG5 N1858. Such a document is now called 
a Technical Specification (TS) by ISO/IEC.  

At its Garching meeting (27 June to 1 July 2011), WG5 decided that while 
the overall complexity of the TS (from the point of view of both 
implementation and edits to the standard) should be as planned in 2008, 
the public should be invited to comment on the technical contents. This
is the invitation. Please note, that if anything is to be added without
increasing the complexity, something needs to be removed or simplified. 
Also, we would like to know if you think that no change to the technical 
contents is needed. 

In order that PL22.3 (J3) can begin to construct a draft requirements 
document during its meeting in October (10-14 October), please send 
your comments before 23 September. 

Please answer the following question "Is the technical content of
N1858 suitable for the TS on further coarray features?" in one of 
these ways. 

1) Yes.
2) Yes, but I recommend the following changes (please do not ask only 
for additions)

Please send your opinion to John.Reid at stfc.ac.uk to arrive by noon 
(UK time) on September 23rd 2011.