[Bug fortran/35916] problem running gfortran 4.4.0 in Vista

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>> Regarding g77 and gfortran compatibility.  We would really like to see 
>> examples of code that is causing the issues.
I will look up the link to the library I was referring to

> 
> This sounds like DEC's STRUCTUREs. This is something which gfortran will 
> almost certainly never support. (The reason is that it is very difficult 
> to support such that it works with user-defined operators which also use 
> dots. Additionally, Fortran 90 introduced TYPE which does the same - and 
> even more. Intel's ifort supports STRUCTURE and Intel struggled for 
> quite a while to get it properly working with user-defined operators.)
> 
> However, to my knowledge g77 did not support STRUCTURE, UNION, RECORD, 
> MAP neither. (Which both a quick test and the g77 manual confirmed.)
> 
you are right, of course, it was not g77 but the DEC compiler

> For gfortran, the answer is to replace STRUCTURE by Fortran 90's TYPE as 
> written at
>   http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gfortran/STRUCTURE-and-RECORD.html
> 
yes, I know; but with libraries provided by other parties, this is not 
always straightforward

> Since you wrote that it works with g77, I'm curious about what exactly 
> you have; as STRUCTURE is not supported by g77 it must be something 
> else, but what?
STRUCTURE,, but, as I said, this was with DEC, you're right, not g77

> 
> PS: No idea about your Windows Vista problem -- I also use Linux; 
> hopefully someone else will find out how to get gfortran running on your 
> machine.
> 
I have been given a solution which seems to work, I will use that for now.
However, I'm looking forward to an official Vista build of 4.4.x!



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