type - Declare a type argument

Description:

Declare a C function argument, given that the actual argument will be a variable of the appropriate type, passed from a FORTRAN program. (type not LOCATOR.)

Invocation:

type(arg)

Arguments:

arg

The dummy argument to be declared.

Examples:

type(arg)

will expand as follows:

All Unix:	F77_type_TYPE $*$arg
VAX/VMS:	F77_type_TYPE $*$const arg

where F77_type_TYPE expands to the appropriate C type.

Associated macro:

CHARACTER