[patch,wwwdata] Update Fortran section of gcc-4.2/changes.html
Brooks Moses
brooks.moses@codesourcery.com
Sat Dec 2 18:39:00 GMT 2006
Tobias Burnus wrote:
> + <li>The GNU Fortran compiler uses now 4-byte records markers for
Should be "record markers".
> + unformatted files to be compatible with g77 and most other compilers;
> + the implementation allows for files bigger than 2 GB, compatible with
Isn't that "records bigger than?"
> + several other compilers. Older versions of gfortran used 8-byte record
> + markers (on most systems); in order too read unformatted files created
Should be "to read".
> + by older gfortran versions, the <tt>
> + <a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gfortran/Runtime-Options.html"
> + >-frecord-marker=8</a></tt> option can be used.</li>
I think this should say that we use 4-byte record markers "by default";
it's always been an option. Also, the important change is that we allow
for subrecords and subrecord markers, so I think this should explicitly
mention "subrecord" somewhere.
Thanks for adding this!
- Brooks
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