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Re: Variable Format Expression <expr>
Tobias Burnus wrote:
Tom Browder wrote:
If you formats of the form '(<n>I4.0)', then the answer is no.
You can use a standard conforming internal write to construct
the format.
I think around 1996/1997 it was actively considered, see also e.g.
http://www.j3-fortran.org/doc/year/96/96-083.txt
At
http://coding.derkeiler.com/Archive/Fortran/comp.lang.fortran/2006-02/msg00880.html,
David Frank writes: "certain influential powers on the J3 committee
refuse to allow this extension be adopted".
The original inventors of the above mentioned variable format (DEC
Fortran personnel) are still members of J3. If you buy them enough beer
they might (just *might*) explain to you why this is not a great feature
to support as compiler writers.
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