# PRIK: exposing non-TARGET Fortran arrays to C

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**Created:** [August 31, 2026, 9:55pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/prik-exposing-non-target-fortran-arrays-to-c/11077 "2026-08-31T21:55:31Z")\
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Would it be an option for PRIK to generate a Fortran shim routine?

```auto
subroutine capture() bind(c)
   use state, only: a
   ! ... read/write to a via USE association ...
end subroutine

```

It is a bit complicated but essentially you’d need to invoke a callback each time you had to do something with `a`, in the spirit of this answer: [Accessing derived-data type array components via pointers - #8 by jwmwalrus](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/accessing-derived-data-type-array-components-via-pointers/10869/8)

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