Fortran Programming Language :: F Compiler has function to analysis Module?


	F Compiler has function to analysis Module? The Module in F is similar with the Class in C++. In C++ Compiler, it has Class viewer to analysis its the classes in that program. But in F, I can't find it. Think two cases: 1.Use Module who contain sub-Module who also contain sub-sub-Module. Later I forget the "use" relations between lots of files. 2. I want to known the subroutine and function in a Module. I have to look and find it in the source code. If it has 200 subroutines in this Module and the source code is made by others, the work may very truble. So, I want to ask: is there any simple and effective way to analysis the source codes and can directly get the subroutine or fuction names in a Module without first deeply read the source codes??? On Jun 5, 10:18 am, li.sim@gmail.com wrote: > The Module in F is similar with the Class in C++. I don't agree. I think of a module as a namespace where I put a related set of procedures and or definitions of related user-defined types (UDTs). I often define several UDTs in a module. > In C++ Compiler, it > has Class viewer to analysis its the classes in that program. But in > F, I can't find it. > Think two cases: > 1.Use Module who contain sub-Module who also contain sub-sub-Module. > Later I forget the "use" relations between lots of files. > 2. I want to known the subroutine and function in a Module. I use a global private in a module and thus force myself to declare entities that are used by other program units and must be declared PUBLIC. I write module foo_mod implicit none private public :: some_dt,some_func,some_sub ! further code end module foo_mod > I have to > look and find it in the source code. If it has 200 subroutines in this > Module and the source code is made by others, the work may very > truble. Most modules should not contain 200 subroutines. > So, I want to ask: is there any simple and effective way to analysis > the source codes and can directly get the subroutine or fuction names > in a Module without first deeply read the source codes??? The public names will appear at the top if you follow my suggested convention. <li.sim@gmail.com> wrote: > The Module in F is similar with the Class in C++. Beliavsky has addressed your questions at least as well as I could. He also addressed the above, which is more of a side point to your actual questions, but I'd like to emphasize and agree with his point there. I have seen other C++ users try to think of modules as being like C++ classes. There was even one person who came to a J3 meeting and was pushing to pretty much redo the language around that concept. I think that the analogy between those two features is poor and will cause far more confusions than insights. The Fortran derived type is a much closer starting point for comparison to a C++ class. In fact, F2003 adds something called a CLASS, and it is an extension of the capabilities of derived types - not of modules. -- Richard Maine \| Good judgement comes from experience; email: last name at domain . net \| experience comes from bad judgement. domain: summertriangle \| -- Mark Twain