[flang-commits] [flang] [Flang][Docs] Clean up flang/docs/IntrinsicTypes.md documentation (PR #162184)
Tarun Prabhu via flang-commits
flang-commits at lists.llvm.org
Tue Oct 7 07:29:04 PDT 2025
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@@ -14,101 +14,106 @@ local:
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-Intrinsic types are integer, real, complex, character, and logical.
-All intrinsic types have a kind type parameter called KIND,
+Intrinsic types are `INTEGER`, `REAL`, `COMPLEX`, `CHARACTER`, and `LOGICAL`.
+All intrinsic types have a kind type parameter called `KIND`,
which determines the representation method for the specified type.
-The intrinsic type character also has a length type parameter called LEN,
+The intrinsic type character also has a length type parameter called `LEN`,
which determines the length of the character string.
-The implementation of `CHARACTER` type in f18 is described
+The implementation of the `CHARACTER` type in f18 is described
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tarunprabhu wrote:
It may be a good idea to switch to using `flang` instead of `f18`. The latter is the historic name of this compiler/project, but since the the official binary is also called "flang", so we probably should be consistent.
If you don't mind this being held up a little, I can bring it up at the flang call tomorrow (Wednesday, 8 Oct), to see if the community has any objections. Does that sound reasonable?
```suggestion
The implementation of the `CHARACTER` type in `flang` is described
```
https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/162184
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