gfortran and f77 line continuation

[Tobias Burnus]

Hi Ewan,

Ewan wrote:
> My problem now is that I cannot get my Fortran77 code to compile
> properly as the gfortran compiler seems to no longer accept the f77
> method of line continuation.
It does so automatically if you use the ".f" file extension or the
-ffixed-form option.

> I have tried using [...] the f77 method of placing a character in
> column 6,
This should work. If I use the following program, it works:
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      program
     * test
      print
     + *,
     & 'Hello ',
     3 'world!'
      end program
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Unfortunally, your example is too brief to be testable; in any case, the
"1" and "2" are in the wrong column (5 instead of 6).
Could you provide a longer example and the exact error message you get?

Regards,

Tobias