# Initializing global/module variable object

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**Created:** [June 2, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/initializing-global-module-variable-object/5899 "2023-06-02T17:27:30Z")\
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I believe your example as written is actually valid (and would also be with the `parameter` attribute), because it doesn’t define the allocatable components. @sblionel laid out the rules pretty well in [a previous thread](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/structure-constructor-with-procedure-pointer-component/2724/2)

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