[PATCH] Fix the -d8 options in gfortran
Andrew Pinski
pinskia@physics.uc.edu
Wed Mar 9 15:48:00 GMT 2005
On Mar 9, 2005, at 10:38 AM, Steve Kargl wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 03:06:30PM +0000, Paul Brook wrote:
>>>> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/fortran/2005-01/msg00137.html
>>>
>>> Doesn't seem relevant. Toon talks about documenting
>>> the broken behaviour. I'm actually trying to fix the
>>> problem.
>>
>> I meant the second part of the email. ie. -d8 should set
>> "DOUBLE PRECISION" to REAL*8, not be an alias for -i8 -r8.
>>
>> Paul
>
> I've implemented 1. from msg00137.html. Toon prefers 2.
> (presumably for a Cray). If you actually read the code,
> all comments suggest -d8 is equivalent to -i8 and -r8.
>
> Does gfortran even work on an OS with 128-bit floating
> point?
Yes AIX and ppc-darwin8.0 both which have 128bit fp (not the normal
IEEE format though).
-- Pinski
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