Proposed patch for 4 byte unformatted record delimiters

[Bud Davis]

hi rob,

it shouldn't be too hard to write a short c program
that converts from 8 bytes to 4 bytes record marker.

this might keep you working until this rather
contentous feature of gfortran gets dealt with to all
users satisfaction.

regards,
bud davis


--- Rob Ratcliff <rrr6399@futuretek.com> wrote:

> Hi All, 
> 
> Are there any near-term plans to implement a
> solution to allow 4 byte record markers?
> I submitted a patch a few months ago to CVS and
> provided links to Intel's solution
> for this issue, but I'm not sure what else I can do
> to move this along. Any ideas?
> 
> If it isn't going to be for awhile, I'll need to
> either continue patching my
> version of gfortran or breakdown and buy the PGI or
> Intel compiler. 
> (I'm using files output from Intel and PGI compilers
> from other systems, 
> so I can't easily use the 8 byte delimitter approach
> that is currently 
> coded for gfortran. Many others in the aerospace
> industry have this issue
> as well.)
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Rob
> 
>  
> > Well, another thing to factor in is the
> compatibility with previous
> > gfortran versions. The patch you're proposing
> couldn't go into the 4.0
> > series. So, we're not so short on time here that
> we can't deliver a
> > solution that works in all cases (namely what you
> call the "Intel
> > approach"). I think there is consensus here for
> this solution.
> > 
> > I'm in no position to write such code in the near
> future (as all of
> > you might have guessed from my reduced activity),
> but that might be a
> > nice beginner project.
> 
> 
>