BOZ, F2008 and F2015, and future of gfortran

[Jerry DeLisle]

On 10/05/2017 02:10 PM, Steve Kargl wrote:
> Simply question.  Do people want gfortran to conform to
> the F2008 and F2015 standards for boz-literal-constants?
> Are people willing to let go of extension?
> 

Yes, without any doubt we must comply with F2008 and F2015.

We should make anything that is non standard that has worked before (loosely
stated) only behave the same under -std=legacy and only if it makes sense to do so.

If there is a conflict between making sense and giving wrong results, then we
should choose an error. There is no room for ambiguity. If it gives wrong
results then it should give an error. Period!!!

I apologize for not getting in on this discussion sooner, but I have been busy.

Wrong results can not be tolerated, period!!

Jerry