How do I declare a private function in Fortran?
I've never written a line of FORTRAN, but this thread about "Private module procedures" seems to be topical, at least I hope so. Seems to contain answers, at least.
jaredor summary:
The public/private attribute exists within modules in Fortran 90 and later. Fortran 77 and earlier--you're out of luck.
If you use modules, here is the syntax:
PUBLIC :: subname-1, funname-2, ...
PRIVATE :: subname-1, funname-2, ...
All entities listed in PRIVATE will not be accessible from outside of the module and all entities listed in PUBLIC can be accessed from outside of the module. All the others entities, by default, can be accessed from outside of the module.
MODULE Field
IMPLICIT NONE
Integer :: Dimen
PUBLIC :: Gravity
PRIVATE :: Electric, Magnetic
CONTAINS
INTEGER FUNCTION Gravity()
..........
END FUNCTION Gravity
REAL FUNCTION Electric()
..........
END FUNCTION
REAL FUNCTION Magnetic()
..........
END FUNCTION
..........
END MODULE Field
Private xxx, yyy, zzz
real function xxx (v)
...
end function xxx
integer function yyy()
...
end function yyy
subroutine zzz ( a,b,c )
...
end subroutine zzz
...
other stuff that calls them
...
This will only work with a Fortran 90 module. In your module declaration, you can specify the access limits for a list of variables and routines using the "public" and "private" keywords. I usually find it helpful to use the private keyword by itself initially, which specifies that everything within the module is private unless explicitly marked public.
In the code sample below, subroutine_1() and function_1() are accessible from outside the module via the requisite "use" statement, but any other variable/subroutine/function will be private.
module so_example
implicit none
private
public :: subroutine_1
public :: function_1
contains
! Implementation of subroutines and functions goes here
end module so_example