https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=90150
--- Comment #5 from Steve Kargl <sgk at troutmask dot apl.washington.edu> --- On Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 07:48:25PM +0000, perini at wisc dot edu wrote: > https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=90150 > > --- Comment #4 from federico <perini at wisc dot edu> --- > uhm so that is my fault, I guess - sorry about that. > > Apparently this is what the FORTRAN standard features. Still, > I’m a bit confused that the P descriptor produces only a format > change with the E format, while leading to a _value_ change with F. > It is not a value in change. You have asked the compiler to scale the output of the F edit descriptor. It is assumed that you, the programmer, know that the output value has been scaled. For example, 1p causes b=10.0 to be output as 100.000, but you know the true value is 10.000.
