error/warning message

[Anglade Pierre-Matthieu]

Hi,

I'm gladly using gfortran since a few weeks. Quite nice.
Nevertheless, I've some times had the following problem:
The error or warning messages output during compilation were not as
clear as needed to find and correct the bugs (this may partly be due
to the fact that I'm a novice in fortran 90). At that time I had to
use intel fortran compiler to understand what the problem was.

I think that what makes a good compiler, in addition to standard 
compliance, optimization, and compatibility with dubugging tools is
also relevant and cristal clear warning and error messages. This two
last are most important because before being exectubale binary makers,
compiler are development tools.

I may mistake but in the gfortran site I can't find anywhere a mailing
list or equivalent  tool, dedicated to bug reporting or so. I
acknowledge that gfortran developers may not have time for improving
features like output messages and that it would be better to improve
them myself and send patch...  But I don't feel like beeing able to do
that at the moment.

Even if they are just to be stored, it may be easy to store and order
reports about messages just asking people to send their mail with the
problematic message as a title.

I'd be very glade if someone can tell me about the right way to report
such problems to gfortran developpers.

Just for instance, my last problem with an error message:
gfortran:
Error: MODULE attribute conflicts with PROCEDURE attribute at (1)
ifort:
fortcom: Error: eneofrho_tfw.F90, line 64: The name of the module
procedure conflicts with a name in the encompassing scoping unit.

Thought gfortran message is perfectly relevant I was not able to find
the error...

Regards

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Pierre-Matthieu Anglade