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Re: [patch,wwwdata] Update Fortran section of gcc-4.2/changes.html


Tobias Burnus wrote:
+ <li>The GNU Fortran compiler uses now 4-byte records markers for

Should be "record markers".


+    unformatted files to be compatible with g77 and most other compilers;
+    the implementation allows for files bigger than 2 GB, compatible with

Isn't that "records bigger than?"


+    several other compilers. Older versions of gfortran used 8-byte record
+    markers (on most systems); in order too read unformatted files created

Should be "to read".


+    by older gfortran versions, the <tt>
+    <a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gfortran/Runtime-Options.html";
+    >-frecord-marker=8</a></tt> option can be used.</li>

I think this should say that we use 4-byte record markers "by default"; it's always been an option. Also, the important change is that we allow for subrecords and subrecord markers, so I think this should explicitly mention "subrecord" somewhere.


Thanks for adding this!

- Brooks


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