| Description: | Returns the INTEGER KIND that will hold an address. This is a specific function that has no generic function associated with it. It must not be passed as an actual argument. | ||
| Class: | Inquiry function; Specific | ||
| Arguments: | None. | ||
| Results: | The result type
is default integer. The result
is a scalar with the value equal to the value of the kind parameter of the integer data
type that can represent an address on the host platform.
On Windows systems, the value is 4. On OpenVMS, Tru64 UNIX, and Linux systems, the value is 8. | ||
Examples
Consider the following:
REAL A(100)
POINTER (P, A)
INTEGER (KIND=INT_PTR_KIND()) SAVE_P
P = MALLOC (400)
SAVE_P = P