Has the Fortran committee considered allowing declaring variables anywhere instead of only at the beginning of procedures? This restriction makes it hard to write long procedures with many variables. Seems like another historical baggage just like implicit none.

Declare variables anywhere

NormanKirkby November 13, 2021, 11:40am 73

Dick Bacon, in Physics at the University of Surrey, had an F77 compiler written in F77 which he used to swear by or swear at, or both. Modern Fortran would be a very big step from there

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Declare variables anywhere

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