I would like to program some procedure that will work with different types. I am planning to use the "include" method used in flibs described here and here. I give here a simple exemple.
! -------------------------------------------------------------- !
module data_type
type ivalue
integer :: v
end type
type rvalue
real(8) :: v
end type
end module data_type
! -------------------------------------------------------------- !
module imod
use data_type, only: T => ivalue
include "template.f90"
end module imod
! -------------------------------------------------------------- !
module rmod
use data_type, only: T => rvalue
include "template.f90"
end module rmod
! -------------------------------------------------------------- !
module mod
use imod, only:
& ivalue => T,
& iprintme => printme
use rmod, only:
& rvalue => T,
& rprintme => printme
private
public :: ivalue, rvalue
public :: printme
interface printme
module procedure iprintme
module procedure rprintme
end interface printme
end module mod
! -------------------------------------------------------------- !
program hello
use mod
implicit none
type(ivalue) :: iv
type(rvalue) :: rv
iv%v=42
rv%v=3.14
call printme(iv)
call printme(rv)
end program hello
with the included file:
contains
subroutine printme(a)
implicit none
type(T) :: a
print *,a
end subroutine printme
What bothers me is that it seems only to work with derived type, and not with intrinsic types. If the user of the module mod want to use the printme routine on an simple integer, it is really annoying for him to encapsulate it in a ivalue type and cannot doing:
integer :: a=42
call printme(a)
Is there any way to extend this method to intrinsic types, or another method that would do it in strict f90/f95 (I don't want to use the "transfer" method because of the data copy)
Tanks!
You can use the C preprocessor (CPP) in all major Fortran compilers. Usually there is a flag for invoking it (-cpp in gfortran) or it is invoked automatically if the file suffix contains capital F (.F90, .F). The preprocessor allows more powerful inclusion of sources with the usage of macros.
module imod
use data_type, only: ivalue
#define T type(ivalue)
#include "template.f90"
#undef T
end module imod
module intmod
#define T integer
#include "template.f90"
#undef T
end module intmod
and template.f90
contains
subroutine printme(a)
implicit none
T :: a
print *,a
end subroutine printme
This is not strict f90 / f95, but it uses a preprocessor, included in the compilers, which produces another (strict f95) source file and it automatically compiles it instead of the original source that contains the macros.
The compilation is then straightforward
gfortran -cpp main.f90
--Edit--
For non-believers, if you want to see some real code using this, check https://github.com/LadaF/fortran-list (disclaimer: my own code). You can use the parametric linked list there as:
list of len(20) character strings:
module str_list
#define TYPEPARAM character(20)
#include "list-inc-def.f90"
contains
#include "list-inc-proc.f90"
#undef TYPEPARAM
end module
list of integers
module int_list
#define TYPEPARAM integer
#include "list-inc-def.f90"
contains
#include "list-inc-proc.f90"
#undef TYPEPARAM
end module
list of some derived type
module new_type_list
use, new_type_module, only: new_type
#define TYPEPARAM type(newtype)
#include "list-inc-def.f90"
contains
#include "list-inc-proc.f90"
#undef TYPEPARAM
end module