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Re: [gfortran] PATCH fix PR libfortran/20257
On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 08:02, Janne Blomqvist wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 02:19:12PM +0100, coudert@lcp.u-psud.fr wrote:
> > > as i commented a few days ago, i think we need to remove any limit on
> > > record length for sequential files, while still catching the error
> > > when a file is opened with a specific RECL= and it is exceeded.
> >
> > I do think too. But I see no reason for not adopting this work-around
> > quickly (and, in the same time, not closing the bug as a real solution is
> > yet to be devised).
>
> I agree with FX here. His patch is small, simple and "corrects" the
> problem for everyday use, except for a rather obscure corner case.
> Who's going to write >1 GB formatted to stdout/err anyway? Big files
> tend to be unformatted, and opened separately in the program (and this
> case is taken care of by FX's patch).
>
> Patch is OK for mainline and 4.0 IMHO.
me too.
--bud