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From: Gerry Ford on 9 Apr 2008 20:32


"FX" <coudert(a)alussinan.org> wrote in message
news:fthri1$2cna$1(a)nef.ens.fr...
>> A person is stipulated to make a selected_real_kind call with (12, 23)
>> as arguments. I'm given to understand that 12 addresses the range
>> while 23 the precision. What is he asking his compiler for here?
I had the arguments reversed from the git-go:

>> I'm given to understand that 12 addresses the range
>> while 23 the precision.

> Have you read the description of selected_real_kind in the standard or a
> textbook? I think it's really clear:
>
> ---------------------------------
>
> SELECTED_REAL_KIND ([P, R])
As shown here. Never mind about my claim that everyone else is doing it
backwards.
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