egcs-1.1/gcc/f/bugs.texi

[craig@jcb-sc.com]

Committed, just in case there's still time before egcs 1.1.2 gets
made.  (Doc fixes only.  And there are already pointers to the
"live" info on bug fixes, so it's really okay if this patch doesn't
make it in.)

        tq vm, (burley)


1999-03-13  Craig Burley  <craig@jcb-sc.com>

	* bugs.texi: Document newly discovered bug (19990313-*.f tests).
  
*** g77-d/gcc/f/bugs.texi.~1~	Sat Mar 13 11:48:06 1999
--- g77-d/gcc/f/bugs.texi	Sat Mar 13 18:19:34 1999
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*** 6,10 ****
  @c in the G77 distribution, as well as in the G77 manual.
  
! @c 1999-03-11
  
  @ifset BUGSONLY
--- 6,10 ----
  @c in the G77 distribution, as well as in the G77 manual.
  
! @c 1999-03-13
  
  @ifset BUGSONLY
*************** see ``Problems Installing'' in @file{egc
*** 55,58 ****
--- 55,68 ----
  
  @itemize @bullet
+ @item
+ @code{g77} generates bad code for assignments,
+ or other conversions,
+ of @code{REAL} or @code{COMPLEX} constant expressions
+ to type @code{INTEGER(KIND=2)}
+ (often referred to as @code{INTEGER*8}).
+ 
+ For example, @samp{INTEGER*8 J; J = 4E10} is miscompiled
+ on some systems---the wrong value is stored in @var{J}.
+ 
  @item
  The @code{IDate} Intrinsic (VXT)