Re: [patch, libgfortran] PR31052 Bad IOSTAT values when readings NAMELISTs past EOF

[Jerry DeLisle <jvdelisle at verizon dot net>]

Steve Kargl wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 08:43:01PM -0800, Jerry DeLisle wrote:
> > This problem was not quite what I originally thought.  The function 
> > test_endfile was setting the endfile flag to AT_ENDFILE for the test case 
> > provided in the PR.
> >
> > Commenting out test_endfile in st_rewind resolves the test case but 
> > regresses dev_null.f90.  All other test cases past.  So, it appears that 
> > test_endfile is needed for the special case when rewinding /dev/null.  This 
> > seems weird to me to begin with, but how does one determine that a file is 
> > /dev/null?
>
> I haven't read the PR nor your patch.  But, if
> someone is trying to rewind /dev/null, he/she
> is an idiot.  If it was me, I'd close the PR
> with a rather biting comment about stupidity.
Easy guy, its the existing dev_null.f90 in gfortran.dg thats doing this rewind. 
 If you suggest we get rid of the rewind in there, then patching this PR is 
simply delete the call to test_endfile in st_rewind.

-- jerry