Re: [patch,wwwdocs] Add gfortran's 4-byte record markers change to gcc-4.2/changes.html

[Bernhard Fischer <rep dot nop at aon dot at>]

On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 12:48:59AM +0100, Tobias Burnus wrote:
>And now as bonus with a patch.
>
>Tobias Burnus wrote:
>> :ADDPATCH wwwdocs:
>>
>> Since the patch was backported to 4.2, we should also have it in the 4.2
>> changelog.
>>
>> Tobias
>>
>>
>> 2006-12-11  Tobias Burnus  <burnus@net-b.de>
>>
>>     * gcc-4.2/changes.html: Document record-marker change.
>>
>>   
>

>Index: htdocs/gcc-4.2/changes.html
>===================================================================
>RCS file: /cvs/gcc/wwwdocs/htdocs/gcc-4.2/changes.html,v
>retrieving revision 1.16
>diff -u -r1.16 changes.html
>--- htdocs/gcc-4.2/changes.html	17 Oct 2006 22:36:15 -0000	1.16
>+++ htdocs/gcc-4.2/changes.html	10 Dec 2006 23:40:38 -0000
>@@ -87,6 +87,15 @@
>         Fortran 2003).</li>
>     <li>Support for the Fortran 2003 streaming IO extension has been
>         added.</li>
>+    <li>The GNU Fortran compiler now uses 4-byte record markers by default
>+    for unformatted files to be compatible with g77 and most other compilers.
>+    The implementation allows for records greater than 2 GB and compatible

s/and compatible/and is compatible/

>+    with several other compilers. Older versions of gfortran used by default
>+    8-byte record markers (on most systems). In order to change length of

I find "used 8-byte record markers by default" more readable, fwiw.

>+    the record markers, e.g. to read unformatted files created by older
>+    gfortran versions, the <code>
>+    <a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gfortran/Runtime-Options.html";
>+    >-frecord-marker=8</a></code> option can be used.</li>
>   </ul>

thanks,