[Bug fortran/29912] Gfortran: string array functions behaving incorrectly...

["pault at gcc dot gnu dot org" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>]

------- Comment #5 from pault at gcc dot gnu dot org  2006-11-21 12:59 -------
(In reply to comment #4)
> I'm not 100% certain, but I think it is valid code.
> I think the "Fortran Standard" states that when assigning
> string(s) of different lengths that if the lhs string(s) are shorter
> than the rhs then the strings are truncated accordingly.
> 
> The statements in the example code:
> 
> ctemp = temper
> ctemp = jetter(1,2)
> 
> are actually equivalent (from a fortran90 point of view) aren't they?.
> 
> NOTE1: changing the ctemp declaration to be bigger (e.g. len=514) prevents
> memory/corruption but assignment still goes wrong.
> 
> NOTE2: All other f90 compilers I have tried seems to handle this "correctly."
> 
I will check the standard - it might well be that you are right; what I said
applies to actual arguments, doen't it?

Paul


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