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authorMichael Hirsch <scivision@users.noreply.gitlab.kitware.com>2021-08-11 13:40:14 -0400
committerMichael Hirsch <scivision@users.noreply.gitlab.kitware.com>2021-08-11 13:44:43 -0400
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Help: CheckFortranFunctionExists: recommend more general CheckSourceCompiles
CheckFortranFunctionExists is really only relevant to Fortran 77 code. Fortran 90 and newer users should use CheckSourceCompiles instead.
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@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ Check if a Fortran function exists.
``<result>``
variable to store the result; will be created as an internal cache variable.
+.. note::
+
+ This command does not detect functions in Fortran modules. In general it is
+ recommended to use :module:`CheckSourceCompiles` instead to determine if a
+ Fortran function or subroutine is available.
+
The following variables may be set before calling this macro to modify
the way the check is run: