[Patch, fortran] PR24174 real(10) and complex(10) array IO broken.
Tobias Schlüter
tobias.schlueter@physik.uni-muenchen.de
Sun Nov 6 20:42:00 GMT 2005
Janne Blomqvist wrote:
>>If the number can be expressed exactly in decimal, testing for equality is the
>>right thing. If the user writes "1.0" he expects this to be read back as 1.0.
>
>
> Yes, it'll work if the number is exactly representable (in both
> decimal and binary, right?). But the point of the testcase was more to
> test for incorrect padding and things like that (in which case an
> obviously incorrect value will almost certainly be generated), so I
> don't think it matters as such in this case.
>
> Anyway, if you feel strongly about it I can change it back to what it
> was originally.
No, I don't feel strongly about this. I don't think there's much point in
"fixing" this testcase, it's just something we should keep in mind in the future.
Thanks,
- Tobi
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