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@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ about previous `g77' versions up-to-date.
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the mainline, development version of `g77' within `egcs') is available
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at `http://egcs.cygnus.com/onlinedocs/g77_news.html'.
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The following information was last updated on 1999-05-03:
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The following information was last updated on 1999-05-06:
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In `egcs' 1.2 (versus 1.1.2):
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=============================
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@ -83,17 +83,19 @@ In `egcs' 1.2 (versus 1.1.2):
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now assigns through a temporary, in cases where such partial
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overlap is deemed possible.
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3. Fix `g77' so it no longer crashes when compiling I/O statements
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3. Automatic arrays now seem to be working on HP-UX systems.
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4. Fix `g77' so it no longer crashes when compiling I/O statements
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using keywords that define `INTEGER' values, such as `IOSTAT=J',
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where J is other than default `INTEGER' (such as `INTEGER*2').
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Instead, it issues a diagnostic.
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4. Fix `g77' so it properly handles `DATA A/RPT*VAL/', where RPT is
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5. Fix `g77' so it properly handles `DATA A/RPT*VAL/', where RPT is
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not default `INTEGER', such as `INTEGER*2', instead of producing a
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spurious diagnostic. Also fix `DATA (A(I),I=1,N)', where `N' is
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not default `INTEGER' to work instead of crashing `g77'.
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5. The `-ax' option is now obeyed when compiling Fortran programs.
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6. The `-ax' option is now obeyed when compiling Fortran programs.
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(It is passed to the `f771' driver.)
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* The new `-fsubscript-check' option causes `g77' to compile
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@ -122,7 +124,7 @@ In `egcs' 1.2 (versus 1.1.2):
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references to the implementations of these intrinsics using the
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`EXTERNAL' mechanism (which would avoid the new warnings).
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6. `g77' now warns about a reference to a function when the
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7. `g77' now warns about a reference to a function when the
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corresponding *subsequent* function program unit disagrees with
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the reference concerning the type of the function.
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@ -133,11 +135,11 @@ In `egcs' 1.2 (versus 1.1.2):
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* The `-malign-double' option now reliably aligns *all*
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double-precision variables and arrays on Intel x86 targets.
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7. Even without the `-malign-double' option, `g77' reliably aligns
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8. Even without the `-malign-double' option, `g77' reliably aligns
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local double-precision variables that are not in `EQUIVALENCE'
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areas and not `SAVE''d.
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8. A substantial portion of the `g77' front end's code-generation
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9. A substantial portion of the `g77' front end's code-generation
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component was rewritten. It now generates code using facilities
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more robustly supported by the `gcc' back end. One effect of this
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rewrite is that some codes no longer produce a spurious "label LAB
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@ -145,11 +147,11 @@ In `egcs' 1.2 (versus 1.1.2):
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* Support for the `-fugly' option has been removed.
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9. Improve documentation and indexing, including information on Year
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10. Improve documentation and indexing, including information on Year
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2000 (Y2K) compliance, and providing more information on internals
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of the front end.
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10. Upgrade to `libf2c' as of 1999-05-03.
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11. Upgrade to `libf2c' as of 1999-05-03.
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In 0.5.24 and `egcs' 1.1.2 (versus 0.5.23 and 1.1.1):
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=====================================================
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@ -191,14 +193,14 @@ In 0.5.24 and `egcs' 1.1.1 (versus 0.5.23 and 1.1):
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In `egcs' 1.1 (versus 0.5.24):
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==============================
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11. Fix `g77' crash compiling code containing the construct
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12. Fix `g77' crash compiling code containing the construct
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`CMPLX(0.)' or similar.
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12. Fix `g77' crash (or apparently infinite run-time) when compiling
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13. Fix `g77' crash (or apparently infinite run-time) when compiling
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certain complicated expressions involving `COMPLEX' arithmetic
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(especially multiplication).
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13. Fix a code-generation bug that afflicted Intel x86 targets when
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14. Fix a code-generation bug that afflicted Intel x86 targets when
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`-O2' was specified compiling, for example, an old version of the
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`DNRM2' routine.
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@ -214,25 +216,25 @@ In `egcs' 1.1 (versus 0.5.24):
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In `egcs' 1.1 (versus `egcs' 1.0.3):
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====================================
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14. Fix bugs in the `libU77' intrinsic `HostNm' that wrote one byte
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15. Fix bugs in the `libU77' intrinsic `HostNm' that wrote one byte
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beyond the end of its `CHARACTER' argument, and in the `libU77'
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intrinsics `GMTime' and `LTime' that overwrote their arguments.
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15. Assumed arrays with negative bounds (such as `REAL A(-1:*)') no
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16. Assumed arrays with negative bounds (such as `REAL A(-1:*)') no
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longer elicit spurious diagnostics from `g77', even on systems
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with pointers having different sizes than integers.
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This bug is not known to have existed in any recent version of
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`gcc'. It was introduced in an early release of `egcs'.
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16. Valid combinations of `EXTERNAL', passing that external as a dummy
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17. Valid combinations of `EXTERNAL', passing that external as a dummy
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argument without explicitly giving it a type, and, in a subsequent
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program unit, referencing that external as an external function
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with a different type no longer crash `g77'.
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17. `CASE DEFAULT' no longer crashes `g77'.
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18. `CASE DEFAULT' no longer crashes `g77'.
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18. The `-Wunused' option no longer issues a spurious warning about
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19. The `-Wunused' option no longer issues a spurious warning about
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the "master" procedure generated by `g77' for procedures
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containing `ENTRY' statements.
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@ -257,25 +259,25 @@ In `egcs' 1.1 (versus `egcs' 1.0.3):
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`libf2c' environment, even when `libf2c' (now `libg2c') is a
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shared library.
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19. `g77' no longer installs the `f77' command and `f77.1' man page in
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20. `g77' no longer installs the `f77' command and `f77.1' man page in
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the `/usr' or `/usr/local' heirarchy, even if the `f77-install-ok'
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file exists in the source or build directory. See the
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installation documentation for more information.
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20. `g77' no longer installs the `libf2c.a' library and `f2c.h'
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21. `g77' no longer installs the `libf2c.a' library and `f2c.h'
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include file in the `/usr' or `/usr/local' heirarchy, even if the
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`f2c-install-ok' or `f2c-exists-ok' files exist in the source or
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build directory. See the installation documentation for more
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information.
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21. The `libf2c.a' library produced by `g77' has been renamed to
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22. The `libf2c.a' library produced by `g77' has been renamed to
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`libg2c.a'. It is installed only in the `gcc' "private" directory
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heirarchy, `gcc-lib'. This allows system administrators and users
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to choose which version of the `libf2c' library from `netlib' they
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wish to use on a case-by-case basis. See the installation
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documentation for more information.
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22. The `f2c.h' include (header) file produced by `g77' has been
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23. The `f2c.h' include (header) file produced by `g77' has been
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renamed to `g2c.h'. It is installed only in the `gcc' "private"
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directory heirarchy, `gcc-lib'. This allows system administrators
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and users to choose which version of the include file from
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@ -287,11 +289,11 @@ In `egcs' 1.1 (versus `egcs' 1.0.3):
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than the one built and installed as part of the same `g77' version
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is picked up.
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23. During the configuration and build process, `g77' creates
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24. During the configuration and build process, `g77' creates
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subdirectories it needs only as it needs them. Other cleaning up
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of the configuration and build process has been performed as well.
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24. `install-info' now used to update the directory of Info
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25. `install-info' now used to update the directory of Info
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documentation to contain an entry for `g77' (during installation).
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* Some diagnostics have been changed from warnings to errors, to
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in the `OPEN', `INQUIRE', `READ', and `WRITE' statements, and
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about truncations of various sorts of constants.
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25. Improve compilation of `FORMAT' expressions so that a null byte is
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26. Improve compilation of `FORMAT' expressions so that a null byte is
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appended to the last operand if it is a constant. This provides a
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cleaner run-time diagnostic as provided by `libf2c' for statements
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like `PRINT '(I1', 42'.
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26. Improve documentation and indexing.
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27. Improve documentation and indexing.
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27. The upgrade to `libf2c' as of 1998-06-18 should fix a variety of
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28. The upgrade to `libf2c' as of 1998-06-18 should fix a variety of
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problems, including those involving some uses of the `T' format
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specifier, and perhaps some build (porting) problems as well.
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In 0.5.24 and `egcs' 1.1 (versus 0.5.23):
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=========================================
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28. `g77' no longer produces incorrect code and initial values for
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29. `g77' no longer produces incorrect code and initial values for
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`EQUIVALENCE' and `COMMON' aggregates that, due to "unnatural"
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ordering of members vis-a-vis their types, require initial padding.
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29. `g77' no longer crashes when compiling code containing
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30. `g77' no longer crashes when compiling code containing
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specification statements such as `INTEGER(KIND=7) PTR'.
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30. `g77' no longer crashes when compiling code such as `J = SIGNAL(1,
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31. `g77' no longer crashes when compiling code such as `J = SIGNAL(1,
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2)'.
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* `g77' now treats `%LOC(EXPR)' and `LOC(EXPR)' as "ordinary"
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* The F90 `System_Clock' intrinsic allows the optional arguments
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(except for the `Count' argument) to be omitted.
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31. Upgrade to `libf2c' as of 1998-06-18.
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32. Upgrade to `libf2c' as of 1998-06-18.
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32. Improve documentation and indexing.
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33. Improve documentation and indexing.
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In previous versions:
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