The main documentation of the Type m4 Macros contains additional explanation of this code listing.
dnl dnl Author: Michael L. Hall dnl P.O. Box 1663, MS-D409, LANL dnl Los Alamos, NM 87545 dnl ph: 505-665-4312 dnl email: hall@lanl.gov dnl dnl Created on: 11/12/98 dnl Date: 03/21/00, 17:16:07 dnl Version: 4.0 dnl Define a real$kind private macro based on the desired precision. ifdef([SINGLE],[ define([real$kind],[1.0e0]) ],[ ifdef([UNICOS],[ define([real$kind],[1.0e0]) ],[ define([real$kind],[1.0d0]) ]) ]) dnl Define a private macro to expand to the pointer and dimensioning dnl info. define([pnt$dim], [ifelse( [$1], [], [], [$1], [0], [], [ifelse([$2], [], [, pointer]), dimension(:forloop([i],2,$1,[,:]))])]) dnl Define a type macro which interprets real, integer, logical dnl and character types correctly and leaves other types unchanged. dnl dnl Arguments to the type macro: dnl $1 - The main type: real, integer, logical or character. If the dnl type is character, the next argument is the character dnl length (and all the remaining argument numbers are dnl incremented). If another word appears as argument 1 ($1), dnl then no action is taken, which is correct for a derived dnl type. dnl $2 - The rank of the variable, between zero and seven (default = dnl zero). dnl $3 - If anything appears here, then the variable is *not* declared dnl to be a pointer, but otherwise it is. An exception is that dnl scalars are never declared to be pointers. define([type], [ifelse( [$1], [real], [real (kind=KIND(m4_indir(real$kind)))m4_indir(pnt$dim,$2,$3)], [$1], [integer], [integer (kind=KIND(1))m4_indir(pnt$dim,$2,$3)], [$1], [logical], [logical (kind=KIND(.true.))m4_indir(pnt$dim,$2,$3)], [$1], [character], [character (len=$2)m4_indir(pnt$dim,$3,$4)], [$1], [], [[type]], [[type]($*)])]) dnl Define a changetype macro which interprets real and integer type dnl conversions correctly and emits an error message if incorrectly dnl called. define([changetype], [ifelse( [$1], [real], [REAL($2, KIND(m4_indir(real$kind)))], [$1], [integer], [INT($2, KIND(1))], [m4_die([Error in changetype command.])])])