Fortran-FOSS-Programmers / Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/Best_Practices

Is *explicit* better than implicit?

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I feel that there is an almost unanimous agreement on that `implicit none` must be mandatory, but I guess many of you will provide interesting _exceptions_, so

> do you agree to advice to be explicit?

In the case you disagree, please elaborate your idea.

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Review the issue's 66-comment discussion to understand the competing views on whether explicit coding practices, including `implicit none`, should be advised. Done means reaching a clear decision and documenting the agreed guidance; no file or test is identified in the issue.

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Tech stack
fortran
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documentation
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Documentation
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5/5
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Over a week
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Stale
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Needs clarification
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