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[Bug fortran/52428] [RFC] I/O: READING of "-huge()-1": Integer overflow
- From: "jvdelisle at gcc dot gnu.org" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- To: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:29:00 +0000
- Subject: [Bug fortran/52428] [RFC] I/O: READING of "-huge()-1": Integer overflow
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- References: <bug-52428-4@http.gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/>
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52428
--- Comment #6 from Jerry DeLisle <jvdelisle at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-04-25 00:29:00 UTC ---
I respectfully disagree. The Fortran model is/was developed over many years
with many knowledgeable people investing time into it of good reasons. Some
may disagree,but it is what it is and has nothing to do with hardware.
-fno-range-check is provided for those rare cases where people just can't live
without that one binary case. This is a Fortran compiler. We need to stick to
the standard has much as possible for default behavior and let the flags handle
these corner cases that really (emphasis) are not important at all except for
our human pedantic nature.
(now I crawl back into my cave, knowing that bugzilla is not the place for such
discussions that should be left to the Fortran committee or CLF.)