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  Specifies the intended use of one or more dummy arguments.

  The INTENT attribute can be specified in a type declaration
  statement or an INTENT statement, and takes one of the following
  forms:

  Type Declaration Statement:

    type, [att-ls,] INTENT (spec) [,att-ls] :: d [, d]...

  Statement:

    INTENT (spec) [::] d [, d]...

     type      Is a data type specifier.

     att-ls    Is an optional list of attribute specifiers.

     spec      Is one of the following specifiers:

               IN    Specifies that the dummy argument must
                     not be redefined (or become undefined)
                     during execution of the procedure.

                     Any associated actual argument must be
                     an expression.

               OUT   Specifies that the dummy argument must be
                     defined before it is referenced in the
                     procedure.

                     Any associated actual argument must be
                     definable.  The argument becomes undefined
                     on entry to the procedure, and is intended
                     only to pass information out of the procedure.

               INOUT Specifies that the dummy argument can both
                     receive data from and return data to the
                     calling program unit.

                     Any associated actual argument must be
                     definable.

     d         Is the name of a dummy argument.  It cannot
               be a dummy procedure or dummy pointer.

  If no INTENT attribute is specified for a dummy argument, its use
  is subject to the limitations of the associated actual argument.

  If a function specifies a defined operator, the dummy arguments
  must have intent IN.

  If a subroutine specifies defined assignment, the first argument
  must have intent OUT or INOUT, and the second argument must have
  intent IN.

  If an actual argument is an array section with a vector subscript,
  it cannot be associated with a dummy array that is defined or
  redefined (has intent OUT or INOUT).

  The INTENT attribute is compatible with the DIMENSION, OPTIONAL,
  TARGET, and VOLATILE attributes.

  EXAMPLES:

  The following example shows type declaration statements specifying
  the INTENT attribute:

    SUBROUTINE TEST(I, J)
      INTEGER, INTENT(IN) :: I
      INTEGER, INTENT(OUT), DIMENSION(I) :: J

  The following are examples of the INTENT statement:

    SUBROUTINE TEST(A, B, X)
       INTENT(INOUT) :: A, B
       ...

    SUBROUTINE CHANGE(FROM, TO)
       USE EMPLOYEE_MODULE
       TYPE(EMPLOYEE) FROM, TO
       INTENT(IN) FROM
       INTENT(OUT) TO
       ...
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