Degenerate Conic

Intel Fortran Compiler 18.0

Intel has just released version 18 of the Intel Fortran Compiler (part of Intel Parallel Studio XE 2018). At long last, this release includes full support for the Fortran 2008 standard. The updates since the previous compiler release include:

• COMPILER_OPTIONS and COMPILER_VERSION in ISO_FORTRAN_ENV
• Complex arguments to trigonometric and hyperbolic intrinsic functions
• FINDLOC intrinsic function
• Optional argument BACK in MAXLOC and MINLOC intrinsic functions
• Multiple type-bound procedures in a PROCEDURE list
• Passing a non-pointer data item to a pointer dummy argument
• Polymorphic assignment with allocatable Left Hand Side (LHS)
• Allocatable components of recursive type and forward reference
• Data statement restrictions removed

In addition, the new release also includes support for all the features from "Technical Specification 29113 Further Interoperability with C", planned for inclusion in Fortran 2015. These include:

• Assumed type (TYPE(*))
• Assumed rank (DIMENSION(..))
• Relaxed restrictions on interoperable dummy arguments
• ISO_Fortran_binding.h C include file for use by C code manipulating "C descriptors" used by Fortran

Hopefully, it won't take so long to get the compiler up to full Fortran 2015 compliance (see a previous post for a list of new Fortran 2015 features).

See also

• Igor V. (Intel), Intel® Visual Fortran Compiler 18.0 for Windows Release Notes for Intel Parallel Studio XE 2018, Updated April 5, 2017.