[gfortran] documentation patch

Thomas Koenig Thomas.Koenig@online.de
Sun Oct 30 21:34:00 GMT 2005


:ADDPATCH gfortran:

I think we should be a bit more upbeat about where we currently are :-)

Checked with "make dvi".  OK for mainline?

	Thomas


2005-10-30  Thomas Koenig  <Thomas.Koenig@online.de>

	* gfortran.texi:  Remove reservations about I/O usability.  Document
	that array intrinsics mostly work.
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--- gfortran.texi	(revision 106016)
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 overhead occurs) or generate function calls (good for large arrays as it
 allows use of hand-optimized assembly routines, SIMD instructions, etc.)
 
-The IO library is still under development.  The following features should be
-usable for real programs:
+The IO library is in a mostly usable state.  Unformatted I/O for
+@code{REAL(KIND=10)} variables is currently not recommended.
 
-@itemize @minus
-@item List directed
-@item Unformatted sequential
-@end itemize
+Array intrinsics mostly work.
 
-Usable with bugs:
-
-@itemize @minus
-@item Formatted sequential ('T' edit descriptor, and others)
-@end itemize
-
-Not recommended:
-
-@itemize @minus
-@item Unformatted direct access
-@item Formatted direct access
-@end itemize
-
-Many Fortran programs only use a small subset of the available IO
-capabilities, so your mileage may vary.
-
 @node Proposed Extensions
 @section Proposed Extensions
 


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