Q For Language Lawyers

[N.M. Maclaren]

On Feb 3 2011, Steve Kargl wrote:
>On Thu, Feb 03, 2011 at 03:49:51PM -0600, jimmie.davis@l-3com.com wrote:
>> 
>> The code seems to believe that the namespace for format labels and for
>> statement labels are different:
>> 
>> Is this standard conforming ?
>
>Form the Fortran 95 standard:
> [ Definitely not. ]

That wording was identical in Fortran 66.  Nothing was stated explicitly
in Fortran I, as far as I can see.  It was also forbidden in IBM Fortran IV.
So it has been illegal for over 40 years, at least :-)

It's fairly easily fixable by using a simple preprocessor - e.g. a Python
script.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.