[photran-dev] Re: Current Status of Refactorings in Photran

[Ralph Johnson <johnson@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> - Merge COMMON block variables (create a derived type combining all variables of a COMMON block and replace those variables in the COMMON block with a single variable of this derived type).

This really ought to be "replace variables with a derived type".  It
should be possible to do it with any variable.

In general, this refactoring does not create a new derived type.  It
could either use an existing derived type, or it could create a new
one.

-Ralph