[Bug libfortran/50105] [4.6/4.7 Regression] I/O with g6.5 - wrong number of "**" shown

[burnus at gcc dot gnu.org]

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=50105

Tobias Burnus <burnus at gcc dot gnu.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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           Priority|P3                          |P5
           Severity|normal                      |minor

--- Comment #9 from Tobias Burnus <burnus at gcc dot gnu.org> 2011-08-19 18:14:46 UTC ---
For completeness: FORTRAN 77 had a similar wording at
  http://www.fortran.com/fortran/F77_std/rjcnf-13.html#sh-13.5.9
  http://www.fortran.com/fortran/F77_std/rjcnf-13.html#sh-13.5.9.2.3

Bill is not convinced about Malcolm's answer:
  http://j3-fortran.org/pipermail/j3/2011-August/004606.html
If I read it correctly, Bill thinks that one can read the standard such that
"**    " is correct, but thinks that the standard is ambiguous and also allows
"******" which - according to his count - most compilers do and a user would
expect.


I think we will have at the end an interpretation request - thus, one might
leave this item open until after the J3 meeting or better after the balloting
of the J3 meeting edits. The next meeting is October 10-14, 2011.