[Bug fortran/39670] dollar sign in entities is not recognized when it is first symbol

[dfranke at gcc dot gnu dot org]

------- Comment #12 from dfranke at gcc dot gnu dot org  2009-04-08 14:14 -------
How about this addition to the docs?

Index: invoke.texi
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--- invoke.texi (revision 145538)
+++ invoke.texi (working copy)
@@ -256,7 +256,9 @@ the default width of @code{DOUBLE PRECIS
 @cindex $
 @cindex symbol names
 @cindex character set
-Allow @samp{$} as a valid character in a symbol name.
+Allow @samp{$} as a valid non-first character in a symbol name. Symbols
+that start with @samp{$} are rejected since it is unclear which rules to
+apply to implicit typing as different vendors implement different rules.

 @item -fbackslash
 @opindex @code{backslash}


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http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=39670