Fortran Module Names and ATTRIBUTES

Fortran module entities (data and procedures) have external names that differ from other external entities. Module names use the convention:

MODULENAME_mp_ENTITY_

MODULENAME is the name of the module and is all uppercase by default. ENTITY is the name of the module procedure or module data contained within MODULENAME. ENTITY is also uppercase by default. _mp_ is the separator between the module and entity names and is always lowercase.

For example:

    MODULE mymod
       INTEGER a
    CONTAINS
       SUBROUTINE b (j)
          INTEGER j
       END SUBROUTINE
    END MODULE

This results in the following symbols being defined in the compiled .o file:

  _MYMOD_mp_A
  _MYMOD_mp_B

Compiler options can affect the naming of module data and procedures.

Note

Except for ALIAS, ATTRIBUTES properties do not affect the module name, which remains lowercase.

The following table shows how each ATTRIBUTES property affects the subroutine in the previous example module.

Effect of ATTRIBUTES Options on Fortran Module Names

You can write code to call Fortran modules or access module data from other languages. As with other naming and calling conventions, the module name must match between the two languages. Generally, this means using the C convention in Fortran, and if defining a module in another language, using the ALIAS property to match the name within Fortran. For examples, see Using Modules in Mixed-Language Programming.