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#### 7.1.2 Derived Types and struct

For compatibility of derived types with `struct`, one needs to use the `BIND(C)` attribute in the type declaration. For instance, the following type declaration

     USE ISO_C_BINDING
     TYPE, BIND(C) :: myType
       INTEGER(C_INT) :: i1, i2
       INTEGER(C_SIGNED_CHAR) :: i3
       REAL(C_DOUBLE) :: d1
       COMPLEX(C_FLOAT_COMPLEX) :: c1
       CHARACTER(KIND=C_CHAR) :: str(5)
     END TYPE

matches the following `struct` declaration in C

     struct {
       int i1, i2;
       /* Note: "char" might be signed or unsigned.  */
       signed char i3;
       double d1;
       float _Complex c1;
       char str[5];
     } myType;

Derived types with the C binding attribute shall not have the `sequence` attribute, type parameters, the `extends` attribute, nor type-bound procedures. Every component must be of interoperable type and kind and may not have the `pointer` or `allocatable` attribute. The names of the components are irrelevant for interoperability.

As there exist no direct Fortran equivalents, neither unions nor structs with bit field or variable-length array members are interoperable.