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Re: [PATCH, FIX] PR25264 write to internal unit from the string itself gives wrong result.


On Sat, Dec 10, 2005 at 11:57:22PM -0800, Jerry DeLisle wrote:

> It took a lot of trial and error to get the logic on setting the max_pos 
> variable correctly.  Each type of IO: files, internal units, and internal 
> unit arrays, have different needs.  And if its not just right, they 
> clobber each other, manifested in many regressions.

> Regression tested, NIST tested.


I am really starting to hate this part of the library.  The
requirements are complex (and haven't gotten simpler by the
new F90 features such as EOR and ADVANCE="NO"), the code is
getting harder and harder to understand, existing test cases
are insufficient and there are probably many more undiscovered
bugs like PR 25349 that I just found this morning.

Having said that, I can't find fault with the logic, and
regression-test worked for me too.

> OK for main TRUNK and 4.1?

OK for trunk.  Because of the difficulties involved with part
of the library, I'd appreciate if you would wait a bit longer
before committing to 4.1 (say three or four days), so if this
introduces any regressions, we get more time to catch them.

	Thomas


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