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In Fortran, the programmer may not only define new types (6.2), but may define new operators and extend the definition of intrinsic functions, existing operators, and assignment. This allows the user to define a special environment for each application. In this chapter, we first see how to write code to do all of these things, then apply the techniques to a useful new data type consisting of big integer values.
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Brainerd, W.S. (2015). Extending Fortran. In: Guide to Fortran 2008 Programming. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6759-4_9
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