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Re: [PATCH] Fix the -d8 options in gfortran

From: Steve Kargl <sgk at troutmask dot apl dot washington dot edu>
To: Paul Brook <paul at codesourcery dot com>
Cc: fortran at gcc dot gnu dot org, Steven Bosscher <stevenb at suse dot de>, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 07:38:23 -0800
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix the -d8 options in gfortran
References: <20050309005944.GA36387@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <200503091441.23015.paul@codesourcery.com> <20050309145723.GA57827@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <200503091506.30845.paul@codesourcery.com>

On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 03:06:30PM +0000, Paul Brook wrote:
> > > http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/fortran/2005-01/msg00137.html
> >
> > Doesn't seem relevant.  Toon talks about documenting
> > the broken behaviour.  I'm actually trying to fix the
> > problem.
> 
> I meant the second part of the email. ie. -d8 should set
> "DOUBLE PRECISION" to  REAL*8, not be an alias for -i8 -r8.
> 
> Paul

I've implemented 1. from msg00137.html.  Toon prefers 2.
(presumably for a Cray).  If you actually read the code,
all comments suggest -d8 is equivalent to -i8 and -r8.

Does gfortran even work on an OS with 128-bit floating
point?

-- 
Steve

Follow-Ups:
- Re: [PATCH] Fix the -d8 options in gfortran
  - From: Andrew Pinski
- Re: [PATCH] Fix the -d8 options in gfortran
  - From: Paul Brook

References:
- [PATCH] Fix the -d8 options in gfortran
  - From: Steve Kargl
- Re: [PATCH] Fix the -d8 options in gfortran
  - From: Paul Brook
- Re: [PATCH] Fix the -d8 options in gfortran
  - From: Steve Kargl
- Re: [PATCH] Fix the -d8 options in gfortran
  - From: Paul Brook

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